Having read the blog posts of my German colleague Steph from “Kleinen Kuriositätenladen” about Sushi I felt inspired to experimen with Sushi. Having visited Asia a lot I have a big passion for Asian food. Still I wanted to give the Sushi a touch of Mediterranean feeling. Therefore I used smoked and pickled local fish [...]

Yuvetsi could be considered a kind of stew. It comes with veal but as well with sea food. A main ingredient is small pasta like Kritharaki but any small size pasta will do. I have chosen to cook a Yuvetsi with Octopus. You can cook this dish with frozen Octopus when you don’t have a [...]

Around easter time my friend Eberhard and I had spoken about a cookbook with Greek recipes that was published in 1991. The author, an American journalist named Susie Jacobs, had lived in Greece, mostly in Hydra. From 1976 on, she collected throughout the years a great number of recipes but also created her own ones.Eberhard, [...]

The Taramosalata is, besides the Tsatziki, the most classical Greek Mezze. Interestingly enough you can find this dish as well in Turky a lot. This salad is mainly made out of fish roe from cod or carp, Onion and Olive Oil. Potatoes or bread are sometimes added to the dip. Taramosalata is eaten with bread [...]

I had some fish fond left over and as well a perfect piece of tuna from the market. Both needed to be used and so I thought of how to combine both. What came out could be something like a Pilafi. In the Pilafi you cook all ingredients of the dish together with the rice. [...]

My trip to the central fish market at Athina’s Street was successful and I returned with a nice and fresh piece of tuna fish and some great looking scampi. I like scampi on the grill but I as well love them in combination with pasta, preferably linguine. When combining scampi with pasta, the essential thing [...]

Dear friends of mine have invited me to cater for a Mediterranean evening on an island. The occasion is a wedding reception. Driven by my perfectionism I am trying one finger food recipe after the other. Today I have tried feta cheese pastries that satisfied me. Though they are a classical part of Greek cuisine [...]

Unlike most Europeans or Americans the Greeks love small fish. According to the season you will find Anchovy (Γάυρος), Pilchard (Σαρδέλλα) but also Atherine (Αθερίνα) throughout Greece. Mostly they are being fried as a whole and eaten with the head and all the bones. This time I have prepared Anchovies in the Oven. Eirini showed [...]

The Dentex (Synagrida in Greek) can be found quite a lot in the Mediterranean Sea. It is often put on a BBQ and served only with a bit of olive oil and lemon. I decided to do a different preparation with the fish and cook a recipe with vegetables. The Dentex with Celery Root is [...]