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...
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...
Frappe, the national drink of Greece
While many of us might cringe at the thought of “Nescafe”, in Greece the coffee giant Nestlee has found...
A fresh idea for a souvenir, or just ...
My downtown Athens neighborhood is a shopping mecca – Pagrati has its own boulevard, Ymittou Street, lined with...
How to Make a Frappe
The frappe (pronounced fra-pay), an ice coffee drink, is now as much a part of Greek culture as feta cheese and...
This week at laiki ….
Name that veggie, originally uploaded by greek58. I love the farmer’s market in Athens. I try to go at...
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