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...
All Traditional
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...
Winter Citrus Almond Flour & Semolina Cake
OK, so my big priority when making any kind of semolina cake is to ensure that the cake itself is not too dry, and for the syrup to not overpower the ...
"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...
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...
Traditional Cypriot Pasta with Boiled Chicken & Lemon
My aunt laughed at me when I asked her how to make this recipe for the first time. The reason being is that it really is as simple as it sounds. You b...
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 ...
Rabbit Onion Stew (Rabbit Stifado)
What’s the first dish that you make when you move into a new house? It’s taken me some time to get settled into my new apartment in Cyprus...
Savoury Meat Doughnuts (Koupes)
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 ...
