This is The cake I remember when growing up. Its homely and comforting and zesty and orangey, a real delight which reminds me of my childhood.Plain and reliable. And I dont mean that in a derogatory ...
Aunty Ouranias apple cake recipe has been in my family for many years now. Its a great way of using up those apples in the fruit bowl which may be slightly past their best. Unfortunately I dont know ...
.Its a funny thing being on a diet. As much as I love cooking and baking, now that there are limits as to what and how much I can eat, I dont want to be spending hours on a particular dish or an elab...
Sometimes writing a blog is a bit like being in a darkened room with no-one else there. We talk to you the reader, or at least we hope we do.But how can we be sure our voices are heard?This is why yo...
This post has been a long time in the making, not least because I can safely say that I can count on the fingers of one hand, the number of times that Ive made koliva.This may be a blessing in disgui...
My familys traditonal recipe for Koliva will be my next post.....I just need to corner my mother for some help with this one.....Ill be back very soon :-DBear with me dear readers, Ive not dropped of...
What do I love more than Baklava?The lesser known Galaktopoureko.Yes, I love it much more than Baklava, a huuge amount more than Kateifi, in fact it may just pip my Mothers semolina cake into first p...
Im lucky enough to have unlimited access to beautiful, fresh fish, which is delivered daily to my workplace. Im usually fast asleep when I hear the fish man delivering his wares at ungodly hours of t...
Ive been a little quiet here on my blog lately and I feel that I should explain why, so that if I do post a little less regularly than is usual, youll at least know why.Ive been on a bit of a health ...
I think my Mothers father was a foodie!He had a great love of Cypriot delicacies and when I was small I distinctly remember him coming round with a hare, or failing that, a rabbit, in order that my m...
....At least I dont think I did. Others? Maybe.....but us....We may have grown up on squid and octopus and halloumi with watermelon...but not meatloaf.The first time I remember eating meatloaf was at...
....to Caroline Smith AKA CARRIE from The Patterned Plate for making my title header look so beautiful!It is something I could never have done without you!
My favourite posts are unsurprisingly maybe, centred around my most favourite recipes of all, the ones that I grew up with, the ones that are closest to my heart. Im hoping that these recipes are the...
Dyou know, the funny thing about kicking off my Off the Shelf cook book challenge with this book, is the fact that its one of my latest purchases! Its hardly had time to settle in, before its being w...
Lately it seems, that every time I browse through my local book shop, or on the net, something which feels an awful lot like guilt, stops me from buying any more cook books.I have so many on my shelv...
Cyprus proximity to the Middle East favours and aids the inter-mingling of each others recipes. In fact, a lot of Cypriot recipes bear more in common with recipes from the Middle East than Greece!Thi...
Bearing in mind that this blog is first and foremost aimed at collecting my favourite recipes and recording them here for posterity, one will always need a good recipe for pancakes.Is that not so?I l...
I know.....I know.....Its the middle of January and my poor blog has been somewhat neglected of late.Fear not, I have been cooking and baking but just havent had the time to come here and share it wi...
.....A very merry Christmas.....from my house..........to yours.....And a peaceful and perfect New Year.Join me for a festive tipple.........A slice of Christmas Cake....(Delia Smiths Classic Christm...
....Do join in if you like, I think this could be fun.Nigellas Bang Bang Turkey salad This salad has the most amazing peanutty sauce, reminiscent of satay, I think its my most favourite salad ev...
I love this cake!I love it made with multi-coloured glace cherries....Nooooo, go on, do it! Especially at this time of year.Trashy is GOOD!now is not the time for prim and proper natural coloured gla...
I was determined this month, as soon as I read about the December We should cocoa challenge, that I would be entering. I always have such good intentions to enter, but when time is limited, as it has...
This recipe has got to be my most made recipe ever from a cook bookIn fact, while talking favourite curries on a food group I belong to, I mentioned this Madhur Jaffrey curry, but then after checking...
Nigel Slater calls this A dish that exploits the magical chemistry between chicken, cream, wine and herbs to the full.Couldnt have put it better myself.Can I let you in to a little secret reader? I r...
I cant help but feeling that these delightful little cupcakes from Delia Smiths Happy Christmas book need a blog post devoted entirely to them. They are in an altogether more grown-up league than you...
I love these. And I hadnt made any for the longest time.....:-DBut, reader, its an irrefutable fact....I cannot be trusted with 12 of them.Not at all.So, I halved the recipe. Clever, huh?Now, 6, I ca...
My parents decided on Sunday that they would host an Early Christmas Dinner for all the family, as my brother and his family were coming down from South Wales on a pre-Christmas visit. I thought it w...
I was searching through my blog and could not believe that Ive not shared the recipe for the most famous Greek Cypriot soup of all, the one we were all brought up with, the one that cures all......th...
This is one of my mums dishes that we used to love when we were small, admittedly I have messed about with it a bit, adding a small amount of alcohol - marsala to be precise - I love its ra...
Cant believe I posted about my sweet chilli chicken and then forgot to post the recipe for it!Apologies readers, I have now amended it.
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