Half of Greek population fear that they can wake up homeless next day due to factors beyond their control. It’s December 13 and finally the winter is here. No more hot weather and mosquitoes, no more sockless shoes and summer…
HEARTS AND BEANS
” Their heart is like an artichoke” Greeks say, describing those who are in love with love and keep a leaf for everyone in sight, like an “I love you…. and you…. and you”. Here, the phrase retains the meaning of the original French expression “avoir un coeur d´artichaut”: to easily fall…
LENTEN FAST- EASTER FEAST: ALMOST AN ALPHABET
Angel hair soup: with angel hair pasta, chopped potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, onions, lentils, bay leaf, without olive oil. It is eaten during Good Friday. Bacaliaros, salt cod: once an inexpensive food but now it is a luxury. It is prepared in many ways and is the…
NEW YEAR IS HERE. HOW HAPPY IS IT?
A Christmas meal A dinner after Christmas A New Year’s Eve dinner Holiday season is finally over… No more tables filled with mountain of delicacies. Though they hid us for a few days from world’s despair and Greece’s economic depression.…
PAPARA (Παπάρα)
Hard, old bread combined with milk or other liquid (sauce, olive oil, butter, stock, wine etc.) is found for centuries all over Mediterranean as a way of transforming leftovers into a dish in its own right. The ancient Greeks gave…