Smoke Thursday, “Tsiknopempti&#...
**Tsiknopempti 2012 & Carnivale** Tsiknopempti or “Smoked Thursday” is February 16, 2012 Carnival...
Sunday afternoon in the country
Sundays are for family and friends in Greece, and what better way to share it than around the table with good food and...
Dionysos – the Quick (Budget fr...
Dionysios Imittou 95, Pagrati – 210/75-11-001 Open daily from noon until midnight (or later) It probably isn’t...
Is that a Greek bagel?
Koulouria, not bagels (the only bagel I’ve ever found in Athens was in the restaurant at the IKEA near the airport....
Sample the flavors of Greece
As readers of this blog know, I love food, and it’s also one of my favorite things to bring back to friends and...
Cretan wine comes of age
Crete may be known as a fantastic vacation spot, but it hides many of its secrets from the world. The fruits of the...
Golden amber where the road ends
About 19 km from Tripoli, in the center of the Peloponnese, where the road ends, nestled in the steep slopes of Mount...
Athens Discount Card
Special tourist & visitor discounts at select Athens business Groupon and other coupon programs are all the rage...
Greek food: How to clean a fish
I was working on this blog post in the late afternoon on August 17, 2011 when the phone rang. It was my mother telling...
Ouzo – The Greek Aperitif
All About Ouzo Ouzo. Just saying that word seems to cause most non-Greeks I know to take a step or two backwards; or...
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