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Love Island - More Tinos

On Tinos, unlike it’s more famous neighbour, Mykonos, you won’t find too many celebrity bars and clubs full of fashionistas. There is though a strong food culture; the island prides itself on its distinct local cuisine and exceptional produce. The truly unique thing that you will only find on Tinos are their beautiful, elaborate dovecotes. Forget the painted box on a pole that we think of in…

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Cooking Vefa - Fennel Pies and more

At first glance, choosing a recipe from the 703 pages of Vefa’s Kitchen could seem a bit daunting, so here are a couple of my favourites – just click on the links to get all the details. Finding that Vefa had included a recipe for Marathópites (Cretan Fennel Pies) vindicated my decision to buy yet another Greek cookbook. I’d had them once in Crete (obviously). We’d dropped into a recommended…

#Chickpeas #Greek cooking #Greek Cuisine #Greek food #marathopites #mezé #pine nuts #Revithada #vegan Greek recipes #Vegetarian

Making Memories. Some recipes from the Thirties.

Literally been making memories as I have had access to a personal cookery notebook from the 1930's Thanks to @AlexisPCasdagli and her cousin, Daphne for sharing them #greekcooking #vintagerecipes A thread ⬇️

Apart from the ridiculous amount of cookery books I have, I am a bit of a fiend for collecting recipes from friends too, usually scribbled down on some scrap of paper that they had to hand. There are box-files and folders, or very often sheets simply slotted into some well-thumbed cookbook. There is something hugely evocative about handwritten recipes. After all, handwriting is as unique and…

#A.T.Casdagli #Casdagli family #Emmanuel Casdagli #Greek food #Greek traditions #Loyal To The Hill #Miquette Casdagli #Miquette Papageorge #Old recipes #Prouder Than Ever

Greek Easter - Cracked at last.

Describing how a traditional British Easter is celebrated can be a bit nondescript. Obviously it is the most important festival in the Christian calendar, and this four day holiday weekend is wonderful for spending time with friends and family. But for those that aren’t particularly religious, it can come all down to consuming a ridiculous quantity of chocolate Easter eggs. In Greece things…

#Argiro Barbarigou #Greek cooking #Greek Easter #Greek traditions #Tsoureki

Coking My Books 'Vefa's Kitchen'

Some years back, after we’d moved house, I made myself a promise to stop buying cookbooks. It was brought on by the almost nauseous panic that set in when I started unpacking box after box of recipe books. Almost too many to count, they were also accompanied by several box files of newspaper and magazine clippings of recipes and cookery articles. I mean – how many recipes does even the keenest…

#Greek Chefs #Greek cooking #Greek Cuisine #Greek food #Vefa Alexiadou #Vefa&039;s Kitchen

New Year - New Beginning

#Greek cooking #Greek Cuisine #Greek food

An Island Lost

Using up those leftovers. Think you’ll all know how it goes once the end of November is imminent – Christmas is coming and planning needs to start. For me, it’s the freezer to get the first survey. All those leftovers stashed away back in the summer make their second appearance. That is, of course, apart from the UFOs – Unidentified Frozen Objects. How come you always think you’ll remember what…

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#Brexit #Chickpeas #Greek cooking #Greek Cuisine #Greek food #Isle of Olive #Revithada #Sifnos #Vegetarian

Greek Easter - Cracked at last.

Greek Easter – Cracked at last.

Describing how a traditional British Easter is celebrated can be a bit nondescript. Obviously it is the most important festival in the Christian calendar, and this four day holiday weekend is wonderful for spending time with friends and family. But for those that aren’t particularly religious, it can come all down to consuming a ridiculous quantity of chocolate Easter eggs. In Greece things…

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#Argiro Barbarigou #Greek cooking #Greek Easter #Greek traditions #Tsoureki

Making Memories. Some recipes from the Thirties.

Literally been making memories as I have had access to a personal cookery notebook from the 1930's Thanks to @AlexisPCasdagli and her cousin, Daphne for sharing them #greekcooking #vintagerecipes A thread ⬇️

Apart from the ridiculous amount of cookery books I have, I am a bit of a fiend for collecting recipes from friends too, usually scribbled down on some scrap of paper that they had to hand. There are box-files and folders, or very often sheets simply slotted into some well-thumbed cookbook. There is something hugely evocative about handwritten recipes. After all, handwriting is as unique and…

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#A.T.Casdagli #Casdagli family #Emmanuel Casdagli #Greek food #Greek traditions #Loyal To The Hill #Miquette Casdagli #Miquette Papageorge #Old recipes #Prouder Than Ever

Love Island - More Tinos

Love Island – More Tinos

On Tinos, unlike it’s more famous neighbour, Mykonos, you won’t find too many celebrity bars and clubs full of fashionistas. There is though a strong food culture; the island prides itself on its distinct local cuisine and exceptional produce. The truly unique thing that you will only find on Tinos are their beautiful, elaborate dovecotes. Forget the painted box on a pole that we think of in…

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#περιστεριωωες #Tinos #tinos dovecotes #Tinos Food

A Taste of Tinos

6th October, 2022 I’m sure you know the scene. It’s the first in a new series of ‘Doctor Who’ and the Tardis, throbs its way into the middle of some unsuspecting landscape. The door opens and the Doctor steps out, slightly confused, trying to work out where he (or she) is, what the locals are like, and primed for the next adventure. To be honest, arriving on a new Greek island by ferry is a…

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#Froutalia #Greek cooking #Lountza #Marathokeftedes #Pyrgos #Tinos #Tinos Food

Pistachio Perfect - Aegina

Pistachio Perfect – Aegina

Aegina, 24th September, 2021 Aegina – fortunately only accessible by sea ! 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 my concern has NOTHING to do with the destination. The Greek archipelago is truly a miracle, with over 150 inhabited islands, and not just the really well-known ones,…

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#Aegina #Greece #Greek food #Greek islands #Nikolaos Peroglou #Pistachios #Remetzo #To Fistikato

Total Greek Gastronomy - Ergon House

Total Greek Gastronomy – Ergon House

Greek gastronomy showcased at 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 the Covid woods by any means. But being able to travel a bit more (ie a bit more than nothing) has meant that this summer started to feel something like BC – ‘Before Covid’ that is. Of course, at times…

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#Athens #Ergon House #Greek Cuisine #Greek food #Greek gastronomy #The Naxos Apothecary

Mezé Magic

@waitrose may have only just discovered the meze way of eating, but in Greece it's an almost an art form in itself #meze #greekfood #thelevantinetable

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 sleep, the one where you can find each type of pasta, or rice, or whatever, with your eyes shut. And then one day, the powers that be decide to move things round. It is most definitely a very ‘First World’ problem, but I was in a hurry and it…

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#Greek food #levantine cuisine #meze #mezedes #waitrose levantine table

A Café in the Time of Covid - Bragazzi's

A Café in the Time of Covid. Bragazzi's, Sheffield

Talking to someone the other day, I kept referring to a holiday as having been ‘last year’… then I checked myself. ‘Not last year obviously … the REAL last year’. For those of us fortunate enough to have got this far unscathed by the pandemic, it does seem that time stopped a year ago, and we have been treading water ever since. It would be shameful of me not to acknowledge that for over…

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#Bragazzis Sheffield #Lockdown 2020 #Sheffield

'Chucked' Chicken - Baked Chicken and Hilοpίtes

‘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 14th February makes me feel slightly queasy. The hearts, flowers and romance are absolutely fabulous for those of us who are all loved up, but if you’re not…. Well, you probably need to find solace in something else. How do you mend a…

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#Greek cooking #Greek food #Greek traditions #hilopites #Εφαγες χυλοπιτα #Χυλοπίτες

Veganuary 2021 - Awesome Aubergines

A recipe from the late great Epiphanios of Mount Athos. Awesome Aubergines for Veganuary 2021

For anyone trying to do Veganuary, or maybe just trying to have more meat-free meals, aubergines are really useful. They offer a really substantial texture to plant-based dishes. They can be dressed up with a sauce, or chopped up and fried they are the basis for things like the classic pasta ‘Alla Norma‘. There are any number of recipes for turning the grilled flesh into dips, perhaps Baba…

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#Greek cooking

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