Childhood memories of my grandmother Elisabeth came up when I prepared this dish today. When ever I visited her there was rice pudding. It had a garnish of sugar and cinnamon on top and a tiny piece of butter was melting in the middle of the hot pudding on my plate. Also Greek childen have [...]

This bread spread was a great discovery. Once I had finished preparing the Tahini and honey spread I tried with a piece of rusk. Amazing taste i though, that something so simple can be so delicious…
I spent some time in a Greek Orthodox Monastery lately in order to learn some more about recipes used during [...]

I spend several hours a week surfing my colleagues website. I have a whole list of blogs I regularly read and of course I do find plenty of recipes I want to try out, which I often do not manage due to lack of time. Here at Ivy blog I found the “Lemon Meringue [...]

The nice thing about this salad is the dressing. The mix of sesame oil and W gives it an Asian touch. I marinate the beetroot for a couple of hours in the dressing. I like it a bit spicy, especially in winter. The combination of apple and beet root is classic,  though not often found [...]

I was not so sure if the Tarte Tatin would be the right finish for the Secret Supper, so I tried something else. This Grapefruit Sorbet certainly was more unique, especially with a sweet Basil Pesto on top of it. The Basil Pesto takes the bitter edge off the Grapefruit which means that you need [...]

When I arrived in the house on the top of the hill, I was stunned by how full the lemon tree in the garden was. I had never seen so many ripe lemons on the tree and I observe it since many years. It almost was a pity to harvest all of them. I ended [...]

As Christmas is approaching I am doing more sweet dishes and try to find tastes that fit the season. Although you can find Loukoumades all year around in Greece the combination of honey and cinnamon over hot puffs is really a wintery dish for me. Loukoumades are a perfect desert in the cold time of [...]

The guests that are coming to the little food event I am doing here in Athens are demanding food that they can not find on the menu of the average restaurant. So I try to get a few unusual dishes together. When I was sceeming through Skye Gyngell’s cookbook, I saw that she proposed a [...]

I discovered this recipe at the blog Bolliskitchen. It looked so tempting that I wanted to try it. Not only that I always wanted to do my own Creme Caramel,  but the use of chestnut in caramel sauce seemed just too tempting. It is a bit of work to peel the chestnuts, but it is [...]

Having tried Petra’s cheesecake I was tempted to also try her Peanutbutter cake recipe. This peanut butter cake was again a great success. For those who like a light taste of peanut butter paired with cheese cake this is the ideal recipe. This easy recipe is easy to bake and the result is truly delicious.