Everyone’s favourite Sweet Greek Kathy Tsaples says her Christmas table is never complete without these little gems – marzipan pears.

Tsoutzoukakia are cumin-flavoured, sausage-shaped rissoles. We owe their popularity to the Greeks who once lived in Smyrna (now Izmir) in Turkey

This simple semolina based cake is worth a try

Cod and Palm Sunday are synonymous in my family. Mum would prepare the cod on the Saturday, wake up early on Sunday, fry it and then go to church

Karithopita was the first cake I made from Mum’s new cookbook by Sofia Skoura. It was my mum’s new Tselemende and we were all so excited, says chef Kathy Tsaples