Recently I participated in a Greek cooking show called Chef on Air. I cooked a fish dish there for which I am going to tell you all about in my next post. In between shootings I had the chance to meet a young, promising pastry chef from Thessaloniki Alexandros Alexiou. He was a very kind,...
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...
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. It is a mountainous country with a few plains scattered here and there. There are specific areas in the mainland, where no plain exists and people...
Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! Tomorrow is my Name Day. In Greece Name Days are even more important than birthdays. If you want to learn more about this tradition you can check here. In the old days people used to visit the person whom his/her name was celebrating and wish him/her...
Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! Crème caramel has a very ambiguous and puzzled origin. Three countries claim its originality, France, England and Spain. The name, indeed, is French but story says that they have adopted it from the British custard. Generally speaking custards were very popular in Middle Ages throughout Europe...
Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! The first chills have already made their appearance here and I started storing my summer clothes away and bringing the fall/winter ones in my closets. October is a beautiful month because it is my mother’s birthday and my father’s Name Day. So, we have plenty to...
Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! Fall is surely The Season for pumpkins and apples. I know in the States pumpkin is a big deal and people make sweet and savory dishes with it. On the other hand, here in Greece pumpkin was not as popular as on the other side of...
Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! Once upon a time, there was a beautiful, twiggy tree with delicious, sweet, red fruits. Everyone passing by stopped and admired its beauty. The tree, enjoying all this admiration, started bragging about itself and became arrogant. Slowly, slowly it started thinking of how it could bind...
Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! The first testimonies regarding ice cream fall very much behind time in the depths of Asia and most particularly in China. Ice cream was first produced there around 2000 BC from slightly boiled rice, herbs and milk that were left on snow to coagulate. The most...
Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! From the 70’s and on, Greece started to export not only its fruits, vegetables, olive oil and other produce, but also young people who wanted to either study abroad or complete their studies at a university outside the Greek frontiers. In this way, an interaction started...
