Food and Drink

Tzatziki Recipe

Monday, 11 March 2013 00:00

Tzatziki is tradition Greek cucumber and yoghurt cold soup which is very similar to its Bulgarian counterpart 'Tarator '.

It can be served alone as a starter or a refreshing snack and it can also be used as a dip for pita bread or a sauce for pita sandwiches (wonderful with kebab meat and salad!).

Last Updated ( Monday, 11 March 2013 14:11 )

Garlic Potato Recipe

Wednesday, 27 February 2013 00:00

Give your taste buds a treat with this Greek baked garlic potato recipe. It makes a lovely warming dish in the winter, as well as being an excellent accomplament with salads in the summer too. Garlic potatoes are a great choice all year round.

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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 February 2013 13:42 )

Greek Aubergine Moussaka Recipe

Monday, 25 February 2013 00:00

Greek Moussaka, is perhaps the most well known Greek dish throughout the world and generally comes in 3 varieties: aubergine, courgette or potato.

Feel free to substitute the aubergines in this recipe for slices of potato or courgette to try the oth...

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 26 February 2013 14:37 )

Dolmathes Recipe

Sunday, 20 January 2013 00:00

Dolmathes are leaves of various kinds (usually Vine leaves in Greece), stuffed with a mixture based on either meat or rice. Certain regions also use lettuce or cabbage leaves. In Greece there are many different version of this dish, we have simplified this rec...

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 February 2013 13:33 )

Wine Review: Gavalas Vinsanto

Friday, 04 January 2013 00:00

Santorini is the island that is most renowned for its fine wine and wine production here dates back to the Bronze Age. The soil here created by many disastrous volcanic explosions is very calcareous and covered with layer upon layer of volcanic ash as well as ...

Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 January 2013 10:20 )

Vasilopita Cake Recipe

Thursday, 27 December 2012 00:00

Vasilopita cake recipe - this cake is traditionally served on St. Basil's day, which is on the 1st January. Vasilopita is served on New Year's Day to bring the house and the family good luck and health for the coming year. Usually, a coin is baked in the cake ...

Last Updated ( Friday, 28 December 2012 12:28 )

Greek Drink Ouzo

Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:08

The Greek drink ouzo is Greece's famous aniseed flavoured spirit, and a great accompaniment to seafood. It is an aniseed tasting, powerful alcohol spirit, which is consumed from small glasses generally neat, with a glass of mineral water or simply served wi...

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:13 )

Christmas Baking Recipes - Greek Sweet Bread

Wednesday, 05 December 2012 00:00

Christmas Baking Recipes - Greek Sweet Bread, Chrisopsomo bread or Christ's bread is a bread that is traditionally served in Greece during the festive season. This recipe is a very old traditional recipe from Greece and comes from a tine when it was popular for...

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 05 December 2012 08:53 )

Greek Christmas Bread

Friday, 30 November 2012 00:00

Greek Christmas Bread - Chrisopsomo bread or Christ's bread is a bread that is traditionally served in Greece during the festive season. This recipe is a very old traditional recipe from Greece and comes from a tine when it was popular for families to add thei...