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Eva’s Touloumbes
More cooking adventures involving fried dough. Every cuisine has their version(s), everyone loves them and many deny themselves eating such pleausures. I’ve never been an advocate of making desserts...
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Tsoureki French Toast
There was a time when I used to skip breakfast – have an orange juice, coffee and a smoke then just wait for lunch. Those days are long gone – cut the smokes, I have at least some toast in the morning,...
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Vasilopita
A belated Happy New Year to everyone and health and happiness in 2014! As the New Year rolls over, Greek families all over the world will share the tradition of cutting the Vasilopita, our Greek New...
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Kaimaki Ice Cream
The first time I had Kaimaki ice cream was back in the 90′s in Thessaloniki, Greece. This northern Greek city is second in population but tops when it comes to food. There are so many influences in the...
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Tsoureki – Greek Easter Bread For Sale
This year, Easter falls on April 20th and for us Greeks (and many Orthodox Christians) it wouldn’t be the same without Tsoureki at the table. Last year I sold some Tsourekia and the response was...
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Baked Apples Stuffed With Walnuts
It’s autumn and the markets are teeming with apples…apples to eat as a snack, apples for making apple sauce, apples for pies and apples for baking. Here in Ontario, we must have at least 10 varieties...
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Phyllo Cigars With Bougatsa Cream
If you’ve visited Greece, you may have tried Bougatsa – a pastry that contains sweet or savory filling and wrapped like an envelope with phyllo pastry opened in the air by hand. The most popular...
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Galatopita, A Ruffled Milk Pie
Isn’t she pretty? I first saw this dessert being made by Vefa Alexiadou, the grand dame of Greek cookery (and friend). Vefa released Vefa’s Kitchen, this huge cookbook that’s a must for anyone who is...
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Armenovil Ice Cream Dessert
I’ve been to Greece over 25 times now and I’ve traveled every corner but there’s so much more to experience and to share with you. I am most familiar with northern Greece (where my family is from) and...
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