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Greek Easter food

29. April 2008

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 [...]

Food in Ioannina

31. March 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 [...]

Eating on Mountain Pilion

25. May 2006

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I have been neglecting this blog and neglecting cooking in general, but I haven’t neglected eating. I had my Easter Holiday on Mount. Pilion, in Makrinitsa village and the food our hosts -Kostas and Elena- prepared for us was delicious. [...]