In Greek orthodox religion Mary mother of Jesus plays a very important role and is worshiped with great honors. According to several written sources, Mary learned from God that she was going to die and thus went to the Mount of Olives which was located east of the old city of Jerusalem in order to...
When I was below 30 and met someone, who was close to 50’s I, shamefully, confess that I thought of his as oldie. It is perhaps the arrogance of youth or the fact that you feel invincible at this age or maybe you believe that only your portrait will acquire all these ageing marks such...
Atalanta was the daughter of Iasus (or Mainalos or Schoeneus, according to Hyginus), a Boeotian, or an Arcadian princess. Her childhood was pretty dramatic according to myth. When she was born, her father was so disappointed for having a girl instead of a boy, that took the infant and left it in the woods. One...
Greek pastries were very limited before 1922 when the Greeks of Asia Minor came as refugees in Greece. The country was very poor and the sweets people had, were based on simple ingredients they could find in nature. Some pastry shops that existed in big cities had French inspired sweets that could be enjoyed only...
Οι συνταγές και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος των αναρτήσεων! I was planning on posting a recipe I have tried and liked about an Asian chicken, but then I thought that since it is the end of the year it would be incomplete without a flashback with the greatest recipes of 2015. I loved everything I...
Οι συνταγές και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος των αναρτήσεων! Christmas is the season when all of us put away our reservations or our diets and we let ourselves indulge in the sweet pleasure of Christmas desserts. I personally love making beautiful, elegant desserts for my family and my friends. I gathered here some traditional Greek...
Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! Chestnut came to Greece during Hellenistic years from the area of Asia Minor and Pontos. Immediately Greeks appreciated its unique flavor and texture and included it in their diet. It became a favorite food for people in villages and in cities and many sayings containing chestnuts...
Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! Sesame production is as old as that of rice, approximately 6,000 years ago. It was cultivated in Palestine and Syria around 3,000 B.C. All countries around the Mediterranean Sea and Middle East considered sesame to be a produce of high energy and therapeutic values for human...
Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! This past weekend I was in Nafplio. There was a conference on alternative forms of tourism, that being, agricultural, gastronomical, hiking/biking/walking etc. I was invited to speak about gastronomical tourism in Greece and in other countries of the Mediterranean. There was a lot of site seeing...
Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! Ancient myth says that Evristheas the king of Tyrinth ordered Hercules to go and bring him the golden apples of Hesperides. These trees were given to Hera as a marital gift from Gaia (earth) when she married Zeus and she planted them in the garden of...
