In this post, I’ll talk about energy efficiency when cooking. Earlier posts in this series dealt with food shopping, food stockpiling, and the effect of a currency change on food storage. In...
We don’t have running water right now. We don’t know when we will again. I’ve talked about stockpiling food and I will be posting soon about stockpiling other household goods like t...
Lentil soup was one of the first Greek recipes that I learned to make after I met my husband. After we were first married, we were living in a tiny cottage on a tiny Greek island, on the beach. I k...
A look into Greek politics today… Today I’m quoting parts from another article from this excellent news blog, which posts in Greek. I’m translating excerpts of this article into Eng...
I have always loved signs here in Greece. Maybe it goes back to when I was first learning Greek, and I loved that signs were short and sweet and to the point. Even if I had only managed to read a f...
Every Sunday I’ll post a photograph from a church I’ve visited somewhere in Greece.
Food Storage in Critical Greece In my last frugal tips post, I gave you some standard, non-Greece-specific tips. But we are living in a special place at a special time, and that calls for some specia...
Caraway rolls with Greek lentil soup. (Soup recipe coming soon.) I have been baking bread for several years now, and it’s something I find both calming and rewarding. I don’t know if it&...
Unlike many expat types, I didn’t jump right into Greek cuisine with both feet. In fact, since my mother in law is such a good cook of Greek recipes, I felt more than a little intimidated. S lo...
Food Storage Tips Read my tips for Frugal Food Shopping here. The best way to save money on food is to buy food when it’s on sale. That means that you have to buy enough when it’s on sal...
Greece regularly makes the news around the world for things like being about to default, being about to slaughter the Euro, and so on. But here in Greece, we have a lot more to talk about. So periodi...
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