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Lemon Pie the Easy Way

Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! It is relatively unknown where the first lemon tree was cultivated. It is believed to have been in the Deccan plateau in India. The word lemon comes from the Persian word limu. In Greece, lemon seeds were brought from Persia and the tree started to be...

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Choco-Tahini Spread

Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! I know for many of you schools have already started and all kids are beginning slowly, slowly to adjust to their everyday routine. Here, schools start a bit later, on the 11th of September and our school, since it follows an international program, starts this coming...

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Brownies with Zucchini and Tahini Frosting

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...

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Strawberry Millefeuille with Chocolate

Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! Adonis, son of Smyrna and her father king of Syria Theias, came out of the myrrh tree his mother was transformed by gods so as not to be killed by her father. Aphrodite fell in love with the newborn and entrusted his upbringing to Persephone. Persephone...

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French Profiteroles with Mastic Cream Filling

Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης. Pistacia lentiscus or mastic tree is, according to Wikipedia, a dioeciously evergreen shrub or small tree of the pistacio genus growing up to 4 m tall which is cultivated for its aromatic resin, mainly on the Greek island of Chios. Mastic trees are the Chios’ trademark...

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Soft Grape Molasses Cookies

Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! The cultivation of vines in ancient Greece was quite significant not only to the local industry, but also to the growth of vine cultivation in all European wine producers. Its importance in ancient Greek society can be traced in a quote from the Greek historian Thucydides:...

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Loukoumades (Greek Doughnuts)

Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! It is said that Loukoumádes are the first written ancient recipe in Europe and belongs to Greeks. Ancient Greeks called them honey tokens. They had a round sharp shape like a disk and they offered them as a prize to the winners on the Olympic Games...

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Super Flaky Apple Pie

Η συνταγή στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! Apple has been known to mankind since the ancient times. It is amazing how this fruit is so much connected not only to the ancient world, but also religion and Old Testament. It was Eve who took the apple from the tree after serpent’s exhortation and thus...

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Phylo Rolls with Spoon Sweet

Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! Back in the old days, there were not all these choices people have today, when it came to desserts. There was no television and transportation was hard and quite expensive. Apart from that, refrigerator hadn’t been invented yet and it was hard for people to preserve...