Due to the hot weather and the availability of fabulous fruits on this little Greek island I got tempted to make some ice cream. I decided to use fresh peach. As I had never made ice cream before I was a bit nervous on how it would turn out. In the end I was very [...]

When I told my girlfriend about this dressing she looked at me and told me that I probably would be eating alone. When the food was served she ate a lot and really loved it. That happens to me quite often. This dressing is special as the Tahini as well as the cumin are not [...]

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, [...]

Driving back from Sparti we came through a village called Kerassea (Kerassi is cherry in Greek). There, on the side of the road sat an old lady selling cherries and I could do nothing but stop. I bought three kilos of cherries from her. Today I had to use those juicy, fresh cherries instantly. I [...]

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 [...]