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Come and enjoy some lovely Greek home cooking with us this summer! If you're going to be in Corfu this year - or if you are already here - and you'd like to treat yourselves to a wonderfully cooked traditional Greek meal in a beautiful setting (you can see part of the view in the background of the photo above), then just send us your request below and we'll get straight back t
Summertime and Greece offers a wonderful variety of food to enjoy. This is a suggestion for a simple (preferably outdoor!) lunch. Stuffed Vegetables (see photo above) accompanied by Tzatziki, Eggplant Dip (Melitzanosalata) and of course Greek Salad. Simple, but so, so enjoyable! For recipes, just click on the name links above. Eat and Enjoy!
These are the 10 Greek recipes from our blog that have been repinned the most on Pinterest. They are in order of popularity and we were actually quite surprised to find Butter Beans Plaki (Gigantes) the most popular! To go to the recipes for each, just click on the names. And don't forget to follow us on Pinterest! Butter Beans Plaki (Gigantes)
Magiritsa is a traditional dish associated with the Greek Easter. It is eaten to break the Fast before Easter and is prepared on Holy Saturday (May 4 this year) and eaten directly after the midnight service. There are variations in the recipes used, but this recipe (which is not a soup) is a simple, traditional way of preparing it - called Tsilihourdi - from a village in northern C
We've been asked to suggest an easy Greek Easter meal. Greek Easter is on May 5 this year and we hope that those of you outside Greece who want to prepare something that is not too difficult, will find this helpful. Of course you have to have lamb, so we've suggested a lamb recipe that is popular in Greek villages but is also not too difficult to prepare. Feta cheese is available wo
How to make 'Triangles' from Panorama. This sweet is absolutely delicious! It gets its name from the shape, obviously, and also from the fact that it is a speciality of a district just outside Thessaloniki called Panorama. Making them is rather time-consuming, but absolutely worth it. Whoever you serve with these will love you for it! The recipe below is for 24 triangl
We've just launched an exciting new Crowdfunding project - Authentic Greece - to promote traditional Greek recipes and products, along with sustainable tourism in this beautiful country called Greece. Do please follow the link to read all about it - there's even a small cartoon with us :) We'd love it if you could share it with others in whatever way you can and of course thos
This is our new Kindle book with Greek vegetarian recipes - and there are plenty of them! Delicious, too! The book also contains a step-by-step guide to making your own phylo pastry. Just click on the image above to order this great Kindle book - just $2.99. If you haven't got a Kindle e-reader, then click on the link below to get one.
Tomorrow is Clean Monday in Greece. This is the start of the Lent period before Easter and there are several traditional dishes that are eaten on this day. Below, you'll find 7 of them. Just click on the links to go to the recipes. Kala Koulouma! Taramosalata Greek Pickles (Toursi) L
This is a truly delicious and filling dish that you don't have to be a vegetarian to enjoy! The chickpea and bulgur balls are ideally served with pilaf rice and a sauce. Below, you'll find the recipe for the balls and for a simple sauce - you don't want a sauce that's going to clash with the wonderful taste of the chickpea balls. This is easy to make, but it isn'
Wishing you all a wonderful 2013, full of joy! We would like to thank you all for reading our recipes and hope you continue to enjoy them in the coming year! ca-pub-5932202259726035
Recipe for Peinirli (pronounced peeneerlee). This dish was brought by the Greeks who lived by the Black Sea and had to emigrate to Greece almost 100 years ago. It is a boat-shaped bread with a buttery-cheese filling, though meat can also be added. The name derives from the Turkish word peynirli, meaning 'with cheese'. The best-known places to eat this in Greece are probably
Special Offer for the New Year! Just for this week you can download our e-book with over120 Greek recipes, including a step-by-step guide to making your own filo pastry, for just 1 Euro (instead of 4.50 Euros) !! The offer lasts up to and including Sunday 6th January, so don't delay! These are all recipes as they are cooked in Greece - some well-known, others not so well-known
MERRY CHRISTMAS! Wishing you all the very best for the holiday season. Below are the traditional Greek Christmas sweets that we are enjoying at this time - for recipes, just click on the links. CHRISTOPSOMO This is a traditional bread eaten at Christmas and right up to New Year. The name Christopsomo means Christ's
We have added a Recipe Index to the blog to make it easier for you to see at a glance what recipes are available and to click on the link to go directly to them. Hopefully, this will make it easier for visitors. You can see the link to the Recipe Index at the top or you can go directly here. What do you think? Is this helpful? ca-pub-5932202259726035
For those of you on Google Plus, we've just started a new community - World Food Delights - International Recipes. Members can post and share recipes from all around the world. If you want to join the community, just click here. Of course, we already have our own Authentic Greek Recipes Page on Google Plus, which just under 2,000 people have in their circles. So, if you don't al
These are our most popular pins (according to Pinterest) on Pinterest this week. As you can see, we have a variety of Boards, so do come along and follow us! symposio 10 Facts About Your Favorite Junk Food from: Food Infographics board Greek Polisporo Soup from: Greek Soups board
The word Manestra in Greek is used especially to mean orzo but also for spaghetti. It is a popular dish served with beef. The photo above shows it with spaghetti, where the beef sauce is served on top, but if you use orzo, it is mixed in with the sauce before serving. The recipe below is for both. Ingredients 1kg beef, chopped into portions ½ k
How to make Greek calamari. Calamari (Kalamari) is a well-known dish all over the world - the plural is actually Calamaria. They are actually fairly simple to prepare, but a lot depends on the quality of the squid. Fresh Calamari will be more tender than the frozen squid, and in Greece we usually have it fresh. The recipe below is for fresh calamari. You should be able to find the Gree
We've put together a Foodies Digest which is updated every day with recipes from all over the world and taken from Twitter and Facebook. Check it out here! FOODIES DIGEST ca-pub-5932202259726035
A meze is a small dish - an appetizer or side dish - and it is very popular here for people to eat a selection of these as lunch or dinner. More often than not they are accompanied by ouzo or tsipouro . There is something quite idyllic about sitting by the sea, listening to the waves lapping onto the shore
We've created our first infographic! It's pretty simple, as we haven't done any infographics before, but we think it'll be something useful It's a step-by-step guide to making your own Phyllo Pastry as it is made in Greece. We'd appreciate any feedback on this first effort, so do let us know what you think! Feel free to copy the embed code at
Greece could probably be called the Land of Pies - there are so many different types of pies made here, with countless variations from region to region. Probably the best known outside Greece are Spinach Pie (Spanakopita) and Cheese Pie (Tiropita), but there are many other delicious pies here, as well as variations on Spanakopita and Tiropita. Below you'll find a short list
Greece has a lot of vegetarian food and we've included a large number of vegetarian recipes on this blog. They get a lot of visitors, but this is a list of the 10 most popular - the vegetarian recipes most visited. Just click on the names of the dishes to go to the recipes. Which is your favourite? No.1 Tzatziki (see photo above)
Photo: TPRF We all enjoy good food (especially Greek food!) and love learning new recipes. However, there are approximately 1 billion people in the world that cannot do that - they suffer from hunger. We feel that it is essential that we support and aid these people, which is why we support the Food for People programme set up by The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF). Ov
This is a delicious and easily prepared side dish. The recipe uses the long, green sweet peppers (usually called frying peppers) as well as a couple of the hotter jalapeno peppers. The sauce is a lovely combination of Feta cheese and tomatoes - a tasty addition to any table! Ingredients 1kg sweet green frying peppers (preferab
This Greek stew is popular in the villages and extremely filling. You need to make sure that you use the brisket type of beef, as mentioned in the ingredients below. Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Nor
We have previously published the recipe for Eggplant Dip (Melitzanosalata), but this is a delicious variation with walnuts, red peppers and mastic. A wonderful accompaniment for your meal! Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso
This is another way of making cheese pie - Tiropita. This recipe uses bechamel as well as Feta cheese. It's a common way of making the pie here in Greece and is extremely filling and nutritious, as well as being really tasty! Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ tab
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We're happy to announce that we have produced a new, updated e-book with Greek vegetarian recipes, including a step-by-step guide to making your own filo pastry. These are all recipes as they are cooked in Greece - some well-known, others not so well-known. They are divided into the following categories- Soups Main Dishes Pies Dips, Sauces and
A really nutritious and tasty dish, also suitable for vegetarians and vegans. This is especially popular in the northern regions of Greece, where they often eat dishes with chickpeas and vegetables. It's also very simple and quick to prepare - the only time-consuming part is soaking the chickpeas overnight. Do try it - you'll be pleasantly surprised! Normal 0 fals
We've just set up a new Food Blogs Board on our Pinterest page. This is a collection of Food Blogs that we find interesting and, as with all things on Pinterest, this is a work in progress. We have just pinned a few so far, so if you have any suggestions, then please do let us know. The Pins on the board are screenshots of the blogs with a link to go and visit th
We're happy to announce that we have produced a new e-book with 120 Greek recipes, including a step-by-step guide to making your own filo pastry. These are all recipes as they are cooked in Greece - some well-known, others not so well-known. They are divided into the following categories- Soups Main Dishes Seafood Pies Dips, Sauces and Side Dishes Bre
This is a simple Greek fish recipe, which is a speciality from Corfu. For a long time, Corfu was under Venetian rule and this dish shows its Italian heritage. Traditionally, Grey Mullet (Kephalos) is used, but Sea Bass (Lavraki) is also very popular and the photo above is with sea bass. It's a simple and nutritious dish and very popular in the villages here. Normal
This is a simple and nutritious stew-type recipe. It's what you could call a 'village' dish and is really tasty as well as healthy. Chard (called Seskoula in Greek) is a popular green in Greece and the Mediterranean as a whole. It should be available where you live - it is sometimes also called Silverbeet or Swiss Chard. The beans you use should ideally be fresh - if they are dried, then y
2012 Greek America Foundation Short Film Contest: O Tharraleos (The Courageous One) If you like this film, then vote for it by clicking on Like in YouTube. It's a short film that has been made for the Greek American Film Festival. The group of people who made it actually managed to create it in 48 hours and Natalia, who contacted us, composed, performed and recorded
This is an easy recipe for a vegetarian alternative to Magiritsa, which we posted yesterday and is traditionally eaten after the midnight service on Easter Saturday. It's basically an alternative soup for those who are vegetarian or who do not like magiritsa. It's very, very nourishing and terribly easy and quick to make. Normal 0 false false false
Today is Good Friday in Greece and the day when Christ's crucifixion and burial are remembered. Perhaps one of the most beautiful hymns sung today is "O Gliki Mou Ear" - you can listen here to a version orchestrated by Vangelis Papathanasiou and performed by actress Irene Pappas. ca-pub-5932202259726035
Magiritsa is a traditional dish associated with the Greek Easter. So, for those of you celebrating Greek Easter this weekend, here is a recipe for it. Magiritsa is eaten to break the Fast before Easter and is prepared on Holy Saturday and eaten directly after the midnight service. There are variations in the recipes used, but the recipe below (which is not a soup) is a simple, traditional
We've recently been pinning photos of some of our recipes on Pinterest. Below are the the 9 that have been repinned by others the most - in other words the most popular. We were actually quite surprised that Zucchini Fritters was the No.1, but they are rather delicious! If you are on Pinterest, then do click on the button at the top of this post to follow us. Click on
Wishing a very, very Happy Easter to all of you who are celebrating today. In Greece we celebrate Easter next Sunday and tomorrow is the beginning of our Easter Week. So, for those of you wanting traditional, seasonal Greek sweets, just follow the links below for Tsoureki - Greek Easter Bread and Greek Easter cookies. Enjoy! TSOUREKI EASTER COOKIES
Well, the carnivals are over for this year, but we've decided to organise our own monthly Carnival - a Blog Carnival! We obviously focus on Greek recipes on this blog, but there are so many delightful ethnic dishes from around the world that we want to feature a selection of these every month in what we are calling World Food Delights. How will it work? Well, any bloggers with ethni
This is a salad recipe using what are called 'black' butter beans, which is traditional in Kastoria. Kastoria, in the north of Greece, is renowned for its beans and these particular butter beans, which are actually a very dark brown have a taste which is similar to the taste of chestnuts. The salad is very simple, though you need to soak the beans overnight. It is best served the followi
Skaltsounia (or Kaltsounia) are a speciality of Crete. The recipe here is with onions and cheese, but the most common savoury skaltsounia in Crete are made with Greek greens such as Kafkalithres or Mironia. As these are probably unavailable where you live, an alternative could be with spinach, spring onions and dill. In the recipe below we have used the spirit Ouzo, but normally
We have a Page on Google+ and are really happy that we've made it into the Top 10 Greek Google+ Pages! You can see the Top 10 above (courtesy of Zoomsphere) Do please add us to your circles if you're on Google+ by following the link here. You never know - we could make it to No. 1! ca-pub-5932202259726035
