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...
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...
Cyprus Easter Cheese Bread, (“Flaounes”) play an incredibly important role in Cypriot cuisine. Since I was a little girl I remember my mom...
In Cyprus, we call this dish “revithkia”. It is a dish that my family makes all the time (too often according to the younger ones in the...
I love olives. The Cypriot “eliopita”, or olive bread, is a famous bread that many people love. You can find large “eliopittes”...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Doesn’t it feel like summer has started? When I was little I remember finishing school and being so excited for the summer. It began the moment ...
“Avgolemono” or egg-lemon soup in English is something that every Cypriot household makes. It’s nothing fancy, but it’s a soup...
“Baby, it’s colllld ouuuutside…” Do you listen to Christmas music while you bake in December? I do. And my favourite thing to ...
“Kourabiedes” are another Christmas classic in a Cypriot kitchen. They make their appearance every December, and usually disappear within a week (...
“Cypriot Cooking” written by Christina Loucas is scheduled for release by Whitecap Books in Fall 2020 in the US, Canada, Australia, the UK and Europe. It is sure to evoke culinary memories of anyone with a connection with Cyprus. Click the link below to buy off Amazon Canada, or click here to find out where to buy it in your country.