A signature dish and one of Mary’s favourites.

A recipe from the cookbook My Mediterranean Kitchen hand-picked by Mary Valle herself

This hearty soup is a perfect winter meal with a slice of continental bread

Try curing your own olives with Dora’s helpful tips

These cocktail pitakia with frankfurts are perfect for snacks.

Dora looks at the many ways to preseve food that enhances the all their flavours.

Traditional Greek chickpea and spinach keftedes, perfect with some tzatziki.

Dora attempts to give recipes made from preserved food and show you how to attempt to preserve on your own.

These are sweet cheese pastries that are a specialty of Crete.

Traditional Cretan cookies perfect with a Greek coffee.