What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the words Greek food? I bet one of the first things that you recollect is feta cheese. Indeed feta cheese is one of the most recognizable and well known Greek foods around the world. Since 2002, feta has been a protected designation...
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Lemony Shrimps
Greece is surrounded by sea. According to encyclopedias, Greece has the 11th longest coastline in the world at 13,676 km (8,498 miles) in length, with approximately 1,400 islands, of which 227 are inhabited. From the ancient ages all civilizations that lived in this part of the world had a very close and strong connection to...
Cretan Dakos
Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! Greece is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea and it owns no less than 2,500 islands, 165 of which are inhabited. Crete is the biggest of them all and it has the most amazing beaches you can imagine. The island is rich in history and it was...
Deviled Eggs
Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! Greek Easter is gone, Mother’s Day is gone, and well I think I can safely say now that summer is on its way. Although in Athens yesterday we had a hail storm and a crazy strong rain, I think summer is showing the first signs here....
Greek Pasta Salad
Now, let’s talk a little bit about Greek salad. I just want to share with you how we in Greece eat our Greek salad and then you can tell me how you eat your Greek salad where you live. Greek salad consists of the following ingredients: Tomato, cucumber, onion, green bell pepper, olives and optionally...
Mushrooms Ragú
I made this meal during Holy Week since at that specific period our family abstains from consuming meat. At the beginning, I thought that it wasn’t worth posting about it, as it is was very easy and ordinary, but my husband insisted on it, since he thought it was extremely tasty. So, and from the...
Penne Alfredo with Asian Flavored Shrimps
When I started blogging four years ago, I have never thought the beautiful things it would bring in my life. Apart from meeting so many wonderful people from around the globe, it elevated my cooking and photography skills to another level! In my culinary travel around the world, I always like to just change a...
Herbed Salmon Over Couscous
Being a citizen of the world apart from the several disadvantages- we all saw how quickly the swine flu was spread throughout the world, or the nuclear accident in Japan that affected all of us, after that tremendous earthquake- it has many advantages as well. For example we get to know about different people and...
Smoked Salmon Pasta
Today I am going to tell you a little bit about my husband and I will explain also why. I met my husband about 10 years ago in a very difficult period of mine. From the first moment he stood right next to me and helped me overcome the difficulties I was facing. When we...
Coca-Cola Chicken Breasts
Sometimes I think my mom was years ahead in cooking. As I was browsing the internet I saw a recipe in Steamy Kitchen for cola glazed wings made by Virginia Willis and I remembered the first time we ate coca-cola glazed pork chops. Twenty years ago, when there was no internet and surely not so...