With the weather cooling down warm salads are more and more welcome. At this time of the year, I prefer a hearty, warm plate to a cold salad. This cauliflower salad con be served as a side dish, but it can serve as well as a whole meal, especially for lunch. I served it with [...]

I was looking for a different use for pumpkin as well as for Mozzarella. The good old soup and the good old Caprese seemed too boring. I came across a recipe for marinated pumpkin and so the combination with Mozzarella di Buffola was not too farfetched. The spicy pumpkin with its bite in addition to [...]

I was looking for a fish or seafood starter when I came across the ravioli recipe at Robert’s lamiacucina blog. I simply used his recipe for the dough, but still wanted a different filling. I created a filling of Gameri (large prawns), smoked salmon and curd cheese. The ravioli filled with prawns and salmon are [...]

Roasted red peppers belong to my absolute favourites. You can find them stuffed with goat cheese, I prefer them marinated though. Especially the long, pointy and red “Piperies florinis” are Greece´s finest and take their name from the Florina region in western Macedonia. They are very juicy and sweet. They also peel very easily. Baked [...]

When I served this dish to my guests they were excited about the combination of hot and juicy eggplant with crusty parmesan chips. I spotted this recipe at lamiacucinas blog and prepared a variation of it. Not only the name is different, as well the method of preparation varies. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post [...]

This is an amazingly minimalistic recipe. The dish consists only of filo pastry and spring onions. Just some salt, pepper and olive oil added to season it. I serve it as a mezze with ouzo or wine but as well as a starter in combination with some salad. The soft onion in combination with the [...]

Olives often miss a special touch when bought. Marinating them helps a lot to turn them into an experience. This time I did not have much time to marinate for days in order to have flavoured olives. I decided to do an instant marinating process. The added herbs, lemon peel,the wine and the garlic, soak [...]

Reading the kali orexi blog once more I got inspired to try out a crossover of Greek and Indian cuisine. Using the greek keftedes and combining them with a spicy sweet sour Indian chutney seems very tempting to me. As apricots are in season and you can find them at every corner at the moment, [...]

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, [...]

Reading the post of Madelene reminded me of my search for finger food. This dish seemed ideal for the party I had to cater for. Light, mediterranean dish, not Greek though. This was a request from the hosts. The Falafel I could even prepare a day in advance and just warm it up on the [...]