Food & Drink
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Tsipouro recipe suggestions to warm the soul
Tsipouro can be used in cooking depending on acquired taste. Aniseed tsipouro (equivalent to Ouzo): Can be used in grilled, charcoal or oven baked octopus Any sautéed seafood such as …
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Greek culinary Easter traditions explained
RED EGGS No Easter table is complete without red eggs – hen laid eggs, which are dyed bright red either with dye or naturally with onion skins – on Holy …
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Cretan comes up with a new way to enjoy souvlaki
With the price of souvlaki on the rise, a Greek from Crete has created a new technique for the delicacy – the snails souvlaki. The snails – χοχλιοί – are …
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The third generation pâtissier from Leros making authentic Greek sweets in Melbourne
There’s nothing quite like a Greek zaharoplasteio, is there? Every time I travel to Greece, it is one of the first stops on my list; the aromas, the choice, the …
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A philhellene’s first real experience of Orthodox Easter
It was a month before she married her Greek husband that Katerina Kallos had her first experience of Orthodox Easter. Together with her parents, she joined her prospective in-laws on …
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Celebrating pioneering women in the Greek olive oil world
In Greece, thousands of women care for olive trees, harvest olives, work in mills and bottling plants, and market, sell, export, taste, and judge Greek olive oil. Here are a …
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Famous food vlogger Emmymadeinjapan tries Greek special forces food
One of the world’s most famous foodies, Emmy Cho known – widely known on YouTube as Emmymadeinjapan – has taken it upon herself to taste and rate the weirdest foods. …
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What? You won’t eat the meat? – ‘It’s a sin!’
No, this is not a piece on the Pet Shop Boys’ iconic song. It’s a piece on a phrase I haven’t stopped hearing since going full vegan in January. Oh, …
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Who says that Saffron and Ryzogalo don’t mix?
The idea of flavouring a ryzogalo (Greek rice pudding) with lemon and krokos Kozanis (saffron) sounded perfect in my mind, so I made a twist to the classic rice pudding …
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Kalamata olives are not just the tastiest but also the healthiest, new study finds
A staple Greek –and not just Greek- fruit (yes, a fruit!) olives always have a place at the table in both their liquid, processed, and original form. Other than a …