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  • RECIPES
    • Mezédes
      • Acropolis Museum Mezé
        • Pickled Watermelon Rind
      • Bouyourdí
      • Kolokythokeftédes – Courgette Fritters
      • Marathokeftédes – Fennel Fritters
      • Patatokeftédes – Potato Fritters
      • Revithokeftédes – Chickpea Fritters
      • Red Pepper and Olive ‘Relish’ – Mezedáki apó Eliès kai Piperiés Florínis
      • Tzatzíki
    • The Classics – Moussakás and more
      • Moussakás
      • Pastitsio
      • Soutzoukákia Smyrneïka – Smyrna ‘Sausages’
      • Stifádo
      • Tzatzíki
      • Yaprákia (Dolmadákia) – Stuffed Vine Leaves
      • Yemistá – Stuffed Summer Vegetables
    • Pies – Pítes
      • Kolokothópita – Courgette Pie
      • Lambrópites – Easter Pies
      • Spanakópitta – Spinach Pie
    • Fish and Seafood
      • Seafood Kritharóto – Kritharóto me thalassiná
      • Stuffed Kalamarákia – Kalamarákia Yemistá
    • Recipes With Meat
      • Arnáki Frikasé
      • Keftédes – ‘The Best Meatballs’
      • Keftédes – Meatballs -Kouzina’s favourite
      • Lahanodolmádes – Stuffed Cabbage Leaves
      • Pork with Leeks – Hirinó mé Prása
      • Schnitzel or Snítsel
      • Sheftaliés
      • Youvarlákia
    • Vegetarian and Vegan
      • Angináres Politikés – Artichokes ‘City Style’
      • Anthoús – Stuffed Courgette Flowers
      • Fassolákia Yahní – Casserole of Green Beans and Potatoes
      • Imam Bayaldi
      • Kolokythákia me Avgá – Courgettes with eggs
      • Matteo’s Tomato Sauce
      • Mavromítika me Hórta – Casserole of Black Eye Beans with Chard
      • Patatokeftédes – Potato Fritters
    • Beans, Pulses and Lentils
      • Fakés – Lentil Soup
      • Fasoláda – Bean Soup
      • Fáva – not Hummus
      • Mavromítika me Hórta – Casserole of Black Eye Beans with Chard
      • Revithokeftédes – Chickpea Fritters
      • Yígantes – ‘Giant Beans’
    • Rice Dishes
      • Kolokithórizo – Courgette Rice
      • Spanakórizo – Spinach Rice
      • Fragrant Rice ‘Stuffing’ – Yemisi
    • Dips and Salads
      • Fáva – not Hummus
      • Kolokythosaláta – Pumpkin Dip
      • Pantzarosaláta – Beetroot Salad
    • Anything Sweet
      • Koulourákia – Easter Biscuits
      • Kumquat Spoon Sweet
      • Melomakárona
      • Mongrel Mince Pies with ‘Kourambié’ Pastry
      • Rizógalo – Greek Rice Pudding
  • PRACTICALITIES, HINTS AND CHEATS
    • Cheats and Adaptations
    • Kitchen Equipment
    • Chopping an onion the ‘Greek Way’.
    • SOS for Avgolémono Sauce.
    • Working with Fillo Pastry
    • Preparing Artichokes
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Tag: Greek food

By kouzinacooking Posted on November 27, 2022November 28, 2022

An Island Lost

Last week, we lost ‘Isle of Olive’, one of the nicest Greek delis in London.
After 11 years of bringing the tastes of the Aegean to East London, they have had to throw in the towel….

Tags: Brexit, Chickpeas, Greek cooking, Greek Cuisine, Greek food, Isle of Olive, Revithada, Sifnos, Vegetarian
By kouzinacooking Posted on March 22, 2022March 23, 2022

Making Memories. Some recipes from the Thirties.

Old recipes are like messages from the past, jotted down and passed on with love, not just for that particular dish, but for the experience of something well-cooked and appreciated. They are doors into the past.

Tags: A.T.Casdagli, Casdagli family, Emmanuel Casdagli, Greek food, Greek traditions, Loyal To The Hill, Miquette Casdagli, Miquette Papageorge, Old recipes, Prouder Than Ever
By kouzinacooking Posted on February 13, 2022March 22, 2022

Love Island – More Tinos

Tinos is a real ‘love island’. You can feel that the people have a true love for the place, the traditions and a real love for doing things well.

Tags: Greek cooking, Greek food, Greek traditions, περιστεριωνες τινου, Tinos, tinos dovecotes, Tinos Food
By kouzinacooking Posted on January 13, 2022January 23, 2022

Pistachio Perfect – Aegina

Aegina, 24th September, 2021 Something makes me feel sorry for all those tourists that get jetted into Greek islands for their holidays. Ok, that’s probably a weird thought – obviously … Continue reading Pistachio Perfect – Aegina

Tags: Aegina, Greece, Greek food, Greek islands, Nikolaos Peroglou, Pistachios, Remetzo, To Fistikato
By kouzinacooking Posted on October 21, 2021October 21, 2021

Total Greek Gastronomy – Ergon House

Athens – Tuesday, 21 September, 2021 I’ve started thinking about the last few years in a totally new way – BC and PC. Most definitely, we are not out of … Continue reading Total Greek Gastronomy – Ergon House

Tags: Athens, Ergon House, Greek Cuisine, Greek food, Greek gastronomy, The Naxos Apothecary
By kouzinacooking Posted on June 8, 2021June 8, 2021

Mezé Magic

You know the frustration. You’re in your local supermarket – the one that you have been going to for years – the one that you can navigate perfectly in your … Continue reading Mezé Magic

Tags: Greek food, levantine cuisine, meze, mezedes, waitrose levantine table
By kouzinacooking Posted on February 14, 2021February 14, 2021

‘Chucked’ Chicken – Baked Chicken and Hilοpίtes

I’m not quite sure how to put this but I am really not in love with Valentine’s Day. It’s not that I’m hard-hearted or cynical but all the schmaltz surrounding … Continue reading ‘Chucked’ Chicken – Baked Chicken and Hilοpίtes

Tags: Greek cooking, Greek food, Greek traditions, hilopites, Εφαγες χυλοπιτα, Χυλοπίτες
By kouzinacooking Posted on January 10, 2021January 22, 2021

Recipes for Love – A Moment To Reflect

So 2020 has finally taken itself off; shuffling away belligerently in its slippers and scruffy tracky bottoms… Only to be replaced by 2021; seemingly a nastier, more insidious version of … Continue reading Recipes for Love – A Moment To Reflect

Tags: Athonite Cooking, Greek cooking, Greek food, Monk Epiphanios, Mount Athos, plant based cooking, vegetarian recipes
Irini Tzortzoglou 'Under The Olive Tree'.
By kouzinacooking Posted on July 23, 2020March 16, 2021

‘Under The Olive Tree’ with Irini Tzortzoglou

For those of us who are hobby cooks, or even food-bloggers, there is a shiny alternative reality where, in one blinding moment, we have both won Masterchef and our freshly … Continue reading ‘Under The Olive Tree’ with Irini Tzortzoglou

Tags: Greek Cuisine, Greek food, interview, Irini Tzortzoglou, Masterchef 2019, Under The Olive Tree
By kouzinacooking Posted on June 8, 2020November 11, 2020

Golden Balls – Loukoumades

Obviously, that last post was quite a bit more than ‘tongue in cheek’! As you can probably guess, I’m really looking forward to eating something someone else has cooked as … Continue reading Golden Balls – Loukoumades

Tags: Athens, Authentic Greek Recipes, Greek cooking, Greek food, loukoumades, Lukumades
Baby courgettes with their flowers
By kouzinacooking Posted on June 4, 2020March 16, 2021

Lockdown Lowdown – Where to eat?

Call me boring if you want, but somehow I seem to be homing in on one very local eatery recently. To be honest, further afield, there were only one or … Continue reading Lockdown Lowdown – Where to eat?

Tags: Greek cooking, Greek food, home cooking, lockdown, Lockdown Cooking, quarantine
By kouzinacooking Posted on May 8, 2020July 8, 2020

Home Victories – A Wartime Recipe

May 9th, 2019 saw the Better Half and I arrive in St Petersburg. It had been a longed-for trip and a birthday treat for me. Having been weirdly obsessed since … Continue reading Home Victories – A Wartime Recipe

Tags: Greee WW2, Greek food, Ελένη Νικολαϊδου, Οι Συνταγες της Πεινας, Φαγητά Κατοχής, VE Day 75, Wartime food

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  • ABOUT ME
    • Welcome to Kouzina
  • PRACTICALITIES, HINTS AND CHEATS
    • Cheats and Adaptations
    • Chopping an onion the ‘Greek Way’.
    • Kitchen Equipment
    • Preparing Artichokes
    • SOS for Avgolémono Sauce.
    • Working with Fillo Pastry
  • RECIPES
    • Anything Sweet
      • Koulourákia – Easter Biscuits
      • Kumquat Spoon Sweet
      • Melomakárona
      • Mongrel Mince Pies with ‘Kourambié’ Pastry
      • Rizógalo – Greek Rice Pudding
    • Dips and Salads
      • Fáva – not Hummus
      • Kolokythosaláta – Pumpkin Dip
      • Pantzarosaláta – Beetroot Salad
      • Skordaliá – Garlic Sauce
      • Tzatzíki
    • Fish and Seafood
      • Seafood Kritharóto – Kritharóto me thalassiná
      • Stuffed Kalamarákia – Kalamarákia Yemistá
    • Mezédes
      • Acropolis Museum Mezé
      • Bouyourdí
      • Fennel ‘Doughnuts’ – Marathokeftédes Tinos Style
      • Kolokythokeftédes – Courgette Fritters
      • Pickled Watermelon Rind
      • Red Pepper and Olive ‘Relish’ – Mezedáki apó Eliès kai Piperiés Florínis
      • Spetsofaï
      • Tzatzíki
      • Yígantes – ‘Giant Beans’
    • Pies (Pítes)
      • Kolokothópita – Courgette Pie
      • Lambrópites – Easter Pies
      • Spanakópitta – Spinach Pie
    • Recipes with Meat
      • Arnáki Frikasé
      • Keftédes – ‘The Best Meatballs’
      • Keftédes – Meatballs -Kouzina’s favourite
      • Lahanodolmádes – Stuffed Cabbage Leaves
      • Pork with Leeks – Hirinó mé Prása
      • Schnitzel or Snítsel
      • Youvarlákia
    • Sheftaliés
    • The Classics -Moussakás and more
      • Fragrant Rice ‘Stuffing’ – Yemisi
      • Moussakás
      • Pastitsio
      • Soutzoukákia Smyrneïka – Smyrna ‘Sausages’
      • Stifádo
      • Tzatzíki
      • Yaprákia (Dolmadákia) – Stuffed Vine Leaves)
      • Yaprákia – Dolmadákia – Stuffed Vine Leaves
      • Yemistá – Stuffed Summer Vegetables
      • Yemistá – Stuffed Vegetables
    • Vegan
      • Cheat’s Chickpeas – Revithátha Efkoli
      • Fakés – Lentil Soup
      • Fasoláda – Bean Soup
      • Imam Bayaldi
      • Mavromítika me Hórta – Black Eye Beans with Chard
      • Spanakórizo – Spinach Rice
      • Tourlou-Tourlou – ‘Messed Up’ Vegetables
      • Yígantes – ‘Giant Beans’
    • Vegetarian
      • Angináres Politikés – Artichokes ‘City Style’
      • Anthoús – Stuffed Courgette Flowers
      • Arakás mé Patátes – Braised Fresh Peas and Potatoes
      • Fasoláda – Bean Soup
      • Fassolákia Yahní – Casserole of Green Beans and Potatoes
      • Imam Bayaldi
      • Kolokithórizo – Courgette Rice
      • Kolokythákia me Avgá – Courgettes with eggs
      • Kolokythokeftédes – Courgette Fritters
      • Marathokeftédes – Fennel Fritters
      • Matteo’s Tomato Sauce
      • Mavromítika me Hórta – Casserole of Black Eye Beans with Chard
      • Patatokeftédes – Potato Fritters
      • Revithokeftédes – Chickpea Fritters
      • Yígantes – ‘Giant Beans’
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