Easy and delicious Easter Cookies
Orthodox Easter is coming up next Sunday. These delicious Easter cookies or koulourakia as we like to call them, are a delicious sweet treat after the week of fasting and perfect any time of day but especially in the morning…
Deliciously Healthy Oven Roasted Vegetables
Briam is a mix of oven cooked vegetables and potatoes. It is very easy and fast to make. Perfect recipe for Lenten meal.
Amazing Winter Destinations #2 – Ioannina, Zagorohoria villages and Metsovo
The Epirus region in Northern Greece may be one of the best kept secrets in the country. Read on for yourself and come to your own conclusions
Greek honey cookies aka Melomakarona
These famous honey and olive oil based cookies are the absolute favorite to most Greeks.
Who said Greece isn’t a winter travel destination?
Some of my favorite and most memorable vacations in Greece were during the fall and winter months. I’ve celebrated many Christmas, New Year and Easter holidays in the Greek countryside or on beautiful mountainous regions. Below, you will find the…
Easy Egg lemon soup (Avgolemono)
Ready for the cold winter months ahead? Why not warm yourself with this quick and easy traditional, well loved hearty Greek soup.
Spinach and rice
This tasty meatless dish is super easy to prepare and can eaten as the main meal but also as a side.
Did you know that we all speak Greek?
That’s true, whether we know it or not. Xenophon Zolotas, director of the Bank of Greece, supported that the Greek language greatly contributed to the English language particularly in the domains of theology, philosophy, medicine, and science. He proved this…
Remembering the tragic Arcadi Holocaust
Historians remember the Arcadi Monastery as the epi-center of one of the most dramatic events in the history of Crete. As a matter of fact, it symbolizes one of the most important acts of heroism and sacrifice of the Cretan…
Ravani cake
When I was growing up this recipe was always one of our favorite Christmas sweets, but now a days my kids love it so much we bake it all year round.
