Do you like salads? I cannot leave without them during summer. How about winter time? I cook seasonal and my focus this time of the year slowly shifts from plump, juicy tomatoes and refreshing cucumbers to lettuce and cabbage. So, this post is a Greek kitchen basics: lettuce and dill salad.
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How many pumpkins have you cooked so far? Halloween weekend just passed I bet you had your fare share of pumpkin. I made a delicious and very autumny pumpkin salad with pomegranate and cream of feta.
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Polítiki salata, is a crispy cabbage salad, that comes in many versions. In its essence it’s a naked coleslaw with pedigree from the Greeks of Istanbul.
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Some recipes can hardly be called recipes. They are mere suggestions of which ingredients match together, the good old roast cannot exist without a good handful of onions and garlic and similarly potatoes cannot go amiss. But we are well into summer. This is all about watermelon and feta, Greek summer on a plate. Continue reading by
If you were to search for a potato salad in the world wide web, you would find yourself tangled in a long list of recipes with a million and one variations. The Greek potato salad however, in its traditional version, is a humble and simple dish. Perfect for the BBQ season that here in Athens was official started with Easter. Let’s go make it. Continue reading by
The first day of spring is officially here. If there is one dish that signals spring to me, it’s asparagus. Asparagus mimosa to be precise, it’s their exact time to flourish as well. Continue reading by
Coming so close to Christmas, there is an insane amount of present wrapping and organisation to do. Christmas cards come and go, phones buzz, bleep and ring to arrange meeting up with loved ones before, during and after the holidays. So many glittering lights around to gaze at, so much fuss around the Christmas table. I am sharing a festive beetroot salad, quick and easy to please and impress. Continue reading by
I’m back to Athens for the winter. December has brought in many fairy lights in preparation for Christmas and very little cold weather. A mild southern breeze brings the smells of the sea in the streets of the city. Blessed with the occasional sunshine, I started digging in my cookbooks for winter vegetable recipes. Love them, hate them? I baked some cauliflower, it’s better than you think. Continue reading by
So, so, I was getting really exciting for Greek pic-nic and kite-flying day – Clean Monday or Kathari Deutera as we call it over here. Yet, for another year the weather has turned a little cloudy, a little too windy and a little wet. Honest, I am no weather winger, I haven’t complained since I left London, it is steadily sunny and warm and soooo bright. But not this weekend – it’s going to be pouring down and anyone going to fly a kite is certain to re-enact Benjamin Franklin’s experiment. So food, console one self with food. A light salad with taramasalata dressing Continue reading
It’s almost Christmas! For the past week I have little bells jingling in the back of my head shuffling numerous Christmas tunes. I hope you are all set for great feasts with friends and family and there is no last minute present rush. Well, there might be – get them chocolate! Keeping in line with Greek Christmas traditions, I made a pork roast with honey glaze and a very festive beetroot salad, with carrots and green apple. Continue reading