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What to eat with Ouzo

Monday, May 26, 2008

Friends from abroad often ask me how we drink ouzo. Many think it’s a long drink to be taken with peanuts like some pubs serve beer. But that’s not the case at all. Both ouzo and tsipouro are meant to be accompanied by food. Usually, that’s not a big portion, but meze (plural: mezedes) , [...]

Greek Easter food

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

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Tsoureki (sweet bread) Greek Easter is full of drama and the food follows in the same line. Throughout the Holy Week, we are supposed to abstain from meat and dairy and on Good Friday we don’t even have olive oil (other oils are ok although many older people just eat soups boiled in water). Mageiritsa soup After Easter [...]

Campanelle with aubergines, zucchini and feta

Thursday, April 17, 2008

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I found this Greek, traditionally made pasta and I am a sucker for nice packaging so I bought it. I also thought, let’s try it and see if we like it for the deli. I decided to prepare it with aubergines, zucchini and feta cheese. It’s not a fancy recipe, but it is really tasty [...]

Peas with everything

Monday, April 7, 2008

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This was another one of those days when you don’t have time to go shopping and have to make do with whatever there is in the fridge. It was my son’s birthday so I had to make the things he like best, which is soya kebabs and chips. Peas and potatoes are a staple in [...]

Food in Ioannina

Monday, March 31, 2008

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Cinammon and Clove restaurant Zagoria villages On the second day of our visit to Ioannina, our friends took us to Vitsa, a nearby village that belongs to the Zagoria villages complex. The way I am saying it, it sounds as if they are not real villages but vacation places built like villages, but trust me they are [...]