Food & Drink
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Eating the Greek way, healthy and cheap
We all know that the Mediterranean diet is great for your health, in fact it is rated in the top three of healthiest diets worldwide. However, what if we told …
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Kafeneion brings slow-cooked delights to the heart of Melbourne
Melbournians who have long wanted the taste of Greek classic slow-cooked dishes, no longer have to wait. The Kafeneion, on Bourke Street will open on May 24 as a joint …
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Marrickville’s Corinthian Rotisserie takes home top honours as Sydney’s inner west most outstanding restaurant
Our Albo’s, all-time favourite Greek restaurant, the famous Corinthian Rotisserie, just took home the Inner West Council Small Business Award for being the most outstanding restaurant. More than just a …
Olives to Oil Festival encourages the community to harvest olives for oil
Every Greek knows the importance of olives and olive oil. In fact, many of Australia’s streets have been colonised by olive trees by post-war Greek and other immigrant communities. There …
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Historic vs Sourdough
Sourdough bread making became popular during the recent lockdown, as people sought satisfying and purposeful things to do. This popularity reveals another ‘pandemic’ i.e., misinformation which undermines and distorts a …
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Unique recipes from many colourful regions of Greece during the Meri Month of May
It is that time of the year again when delicious recipes from the many regions of Greece are flooding social media following the initiative launched by Christine Polyzos of Kali …
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Elevate your Easter table with three staple recipes from the Neos Kosmos archives
The protagonist of the Easter table may be the ‘ovelias’, but in reality, the festive spread is loaded with all sorts of goodies from mezethes to mains. Kokoretsi, dolmathes, saganaki, …
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How to prepare your Easter lamb on the spit and roast it to perfection
Ovelias refers to a Greek Easter tradition where a whole lamb is roasted on the spit. A word that stems from the ancient Greek word ‘ovelos’ for a wooden or …
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Bake your koulourakia and dye your Easter eggs
Greek Easter is a time of joy, family gatherings, and culinary delights, and at the heart of it all are the koulourakia . These traditional treats are made with butter, …
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Olympic task to bake 50,000 tsourekia for Easter
With Easter around the corner the Olympian Foods factory in Thomastown is working around the clock seven days a week to produce over 50,000 tsourekia. Owned by the Xanthopoulos family, …