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Not Tickled Pink – Another Greek Food Myth – Taramosalata

What’s with the ‘pink’ thing? It’s not often that Greek food gets mentioned on the telly, so naturally, my ears pricked up last week when I heard the word ‘taramasalata’ … Continue reading Not Tickled Pink – Another Greek Food Myth – Taramosalata

Inventions and Innovations – Kataifi Melitzanópita – Aubergine Kataifi

Forget splitting the atom or realising that the Earth wasn’t flat – who was the bright spark that invented bread? We all know about Einstein and Fleming and there are … Continue reading Inventions and Innovations – Kataifi Melitzanópita – Aubergine Kataifi

Not Woke – Just Fasting. Cheat’s Chickpeas – Revithátha Efkoli

Apologies, just in case anyone has noticed, for my almost Trappist silence over the last few months. It’s not because I have lost interest in blogging, simply I have spent … Continue reading Not Woke – Just Fasting. Cheat’s Chickpeas – Revithátha Efkoli

Blog-Pod – Arakás me Patátes – Braised Peas With Potatoes

  In Greece, a country where vegetable recipes rule supreme, you rarely hear food described as  ‘vegetarian’.   The naming of someone as a hortofágos (vegetarian) is a relatively modern phenomenon, despite … Continue reading Blog-Pod – Arakás me Patátes – Braised Peas With Potatoes

My Mongrel Christmas Recipe – Mince Pies with Kourambié Pastry

As a Gree-nglish family we have become accustomed to segue fairly seamlessly between Greek and English culture. There is a remarkably even-handed choice between food, customs and idiosyncrasies of both … Continue reading My Mongrel Christmas Recipe – Mince Pies with Kourambié Pastry