Sweet Tahini Pies (Tahinopittes)
I decided to highlight this post from 2013 as it’s one of my favourites. It’s all about how to make tahinopittes, which I think a lot of p...
I decided to highlight this post from 2013 as it’s one of my favourites. It’s all about how to make tahinopittes, which I think a lot of p...
For a moment, I thought I had run out of Cypriot Christmas dishes to make. A Cyprus Christmas – for me – involves almond shortbread “...
For about two years now, I have started regularly exercising. It was very painful at the start, I never felt like I had the strength to finish whateve...
It’s taken me longer than expected to post this recipe. For the last few weeks I have been curled on my couch feeling rather sorry for myself in...
One thing that I really miss from North America is waking up to a moist, soft, sweet, bran muffin. I’m not sure if it was the tangible change in...
It is almost the end of August. In the last few days, the weather has begun to turn ever so slightly. It’s telling me that autumn is around the ...
Have you ever thought about what makes you happy? A while ago my wonderful friend who I met on Instagram – Linda Hyldal – asked me if I wo...
My grandma used to sell halloumi. I was asking my aunt questions about this today, as I never really bothered to explore the topic until now. “H...
Who out there has a food ritual? I have two. The first is eating cheddar cheese and chive potato chips with cottage cheese in front of the TV, which h...
It has only rained 3-4 times since I have arrived back in Cyprus in January. It’s hard not to feel like spring has arrived here, with temperatur...
It’s funny how your tastes can change as you grow older. I was never a fan of bitter orange marmalade when I was little. I found the taste bitte...
“Airplane travel is nature’s way of making you look like your passport photo.” – Al Gore. True, eh? When I am flying I sometim...
“Cyprus Cuisine”, published by Whitecap Books in 2021, is now available for purchase. Christina Loucas shares over 80 recipes that showcase the very best of Cypriot cooking.