A Blog about Greek Food and Greece

  • 5 Customs you can experience in Greece during Easter

    5 Customs you can experience in Greece during Easter

    During Easter, events and Christian customs take place to celebrate Easter, the most important celebration of Christianity all over Greece. Have you wondered how it is celebrated in different regions of Greece? There are some very special customs that you will meet in different parts of the country. In this post  I stand out a few and present them to you.

    The celebration take place this year on Sunday 8th of April.

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  • Traditional Beef Stuffed Courgettes

    Traditional Beef Stuffed Courgettes

    The following recipe which is called “kolokithakia gemista” (beef stuffed courgettes) In Greece was the one that made me appreciate the egg lemon sauce when I was young. I guess without that is a completely different dish.

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  • Onion Soup with a Greek Twist

    Onion Soup with a Greek Twist

    As the weather is becoming colder and colder here in London, i had to come up with something to warm me up. Agreed, its not traditional greek but i did something about it.  (more…)

  • Cod  with peas and bacon sauce

    Cod with peas and bacon sauce

    I don’t know how I couldn’t have written about this recipe until now. Cod with peas and bacon is a extremely tasty and gourmet recipe that is definitely not Greek but almost surely sure to impress.

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  • Linguini with Sardines

    Linguini with Sardines

    One of the first things that you think about pasta is … italy. Well, yeah you are right it is not really greek food to be honest but… who cares? Adding sardines and capers give pasta a proper meditterenean and greek flavor.

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