Auntie Evri's Halloumi Mint Bundt Cake (Halloumopita)
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...
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Making Gingerbread With Friends
Baking with friends is really fun. If you are also a particularly anal cook, like me, it also serves as an opportunity to really highlight this partic...
And then it was green...A Lemon-Ginger Poppyseed Cake with Clementine-Vanilla Glaze
In Cyprus, one day you wake up in November and it’s winter. The weather has gone cold. And suddenly everything goes from dry and dusty to gorgeo...
Fennel, Orange & Pecan Bulgur Salad
This time of year in Cyprus is special. It’s supposedly “winter” but it’s hard to tell because it’s still 20-something d...
West Coast Adventures: Photography Workshop & Ladies Fingers
I made “thaktila”, otherwise known as “ladies fingers” while I was in Canada. Post workshop, I also realise that I tend to jum...
Deconstructed Organic Tomato & Feta Salad
Firstly, I have to apologize for the half eaten photos of this salad. It was that good that I basically forgot to take a picture at the beginning and ...
Cypriot Pancake Things (Katimeri)
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...
Organic Chicken & Porcini Bolognese
Cyprus has this habit of turning into a new season virtually overnight. You wake up one day and you just know that you will no longer be needing your ...
Fried Squid With Cucumber Dip aka "Calamari & Tzatziki"
I can’t believe I actually made “calamari” at home. I always thought it was next to impossible to make; something confined to bein...
Carob-Chocolate Brownies
Charles M. Schulz: ‘All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.’I tend to agree. This weekend I wander...
Mini Pork Pies (Pork "Bourekia")
“Airplane travel is nature’s way of making you look like your passport photo.” – Al Gore. True, eh? When I am flying I sometim...
Chicken Broth & Chicken Noodle Soup
I have just arrived in Cyprus via London. It is sunny and warm outside. Ernie, my pug, is snoring loudly by the door. Cyprus itself is pretty much as ...
