Stuffed Zucchini Flowers (Spicy Anthous)
In Cyprus, from about June onwards my cravings for stuffed zucchini flowers or “anthous”, as they are known in Cyprus, begin. These are a pretty u...
All Traditional Cyprus Recipes
Octopus Stew with Mrs Aggela (Oxtapodi Stifado)
I have my grandma’s hands. I can tell because they are very small and the wrinkles show more. I remember noticing that about her hands when I wa...
Olive Bread (Eliopita)
I love olives. The Cypriot “eliopita”, or olive bread, is a famous bread that many people love. You can find large “eliopittes”...
Orange Easter Bread (Tsoureki)
How can you tell that it is spring where you are? In Cyprus, this is how I can tell it is most definitely spring:I walked by the Mediterranean Sea and...
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...
Cypriot Lasagne (Pastitsio)
This year I spent Easter in my mom’s village. It’s a village with very few permanent residents – about 100 – but all the child...
Egg Lemon Soup (Avgolemono)
“Avgolemono” or egg-lemon soup in English is something that every Cypriot household makes. It’s nothing fancy, but it’s a soup...
Cyprus Almond Shortbread (Kourabiedes)
“Kourabiedes” are another Christmas classic in a Cypriot kitchen. They make their appearance every December, and usually disappear within a week (...
Apricot Jam Cookies (Pasta Flora)
(Hi, I posted this recipe last year, but because it is Christmas and one of my favourites I thought I would re-share on the front page. So I’m w...
Christmas Bread (Christopsomo)
For a moment, I thought I had run out of Cypriot Christmas dishes to make. A Cyprus Christmas – for me – involves almond shortbread “...
Orange-Brandy Cake (Vasilopita)
Thank you 2013. Goodbye 2013. You were a wonderful year. I took a photography course. Started my food blog. And met a guy. So all in all, I liked 2013...
"Kritharaki"
I have a tendency to think that things that taste good must be difficult to make.I am still on Vancouver Island. The weather has been stormy and quite...
