Your search for delicious, homemade dark chocolate oatmeal cookies has officially come to an end: these cookies are made with whole-grain spelt flour, dark chocolate, and crunchy hazelnuts. They are universal for every time of the year! Thanks to coconut oil and coconut palm sugar, they stay soft for a long time. I mean, who […]
You know those days when you don’t feel like doing anything at all? Feeling overwhelmed by your life, job, or your current life situation, with some gloomy thoughts swarming in your head. I would shamefully lie to you if I said I don’t have days like these. On one of those days, I made a […]
Oven-roasted plum jam is one of my favorite gastronomic discoveries of the gloomy 2020 year. It removes from the throne all those fancy meals I’ve had the opportunity to try lately. How come? Well, there are several reasons. Before making this plum jam, I’ve heard about it many times before. From the ladies in our […]
In our family, the tradition of making sweet and savory preserves from seasonal fruit and vegetables that grow in our orchard and garden is really long. When you try to live in harmony with the seasons and all the changes that they bring, sometimes nature gifts you with the abundance of fruit that you don’t […]
Story no 1 A few years ago, at the local book fair, I bought an interesting cookbook from Spanish chef Ferran Adrià, by the name: “The Family Meal: Home Cooking with Ferran Adrià“. I liked it because of the interesting concept. Step by step, it describes rather simple dishes eaten daily by the award-winning El […]
I don’t know about you, but when summer temperatures start to increase above 35°C, my brain turns to chewing gum (metaphorically speaking). Goes to standby. Or sails to the Caribbean to drink rum with Jack Sparrow. Dances hula dance somewhere under the palms trees in Hawaii. It just refuses to cooperate. That’s why I’m looking […]
When sun rays warm the earth and delicate yellow flowers start to give birth to zucchinis in all colors, shapes and sizes, the recipe for these fritters serves me as a real ace up my sleeve. In Greece they are originally known as kolokithokeftedes, a strange word that entangles our tongue, but it’s meaning is […]
Why do donuts have holes in the center? As a real food geek, I’m always curious to find out little-known facts about food. Like, who the hell is the first person in history who came up with the idea of throwing a piece of leavened sweet dough in the hot oil. Although food history rarely […]
This title is not a click-byte. It really isn’t. It was about time for me to prepare one easy and fast recipe for the blog. And, to be honest with you, the recipe for this homemade bourbon vanilla ice cream wasn’t something that I planned to share with you in the first place because this […]
I can’t exactly remember when was the first time I baked my first soda bread. All I know is that along with Lahey’s no-knead bread, it was one of the very first bread I learned to bake. I’m always happy to come back to this type of no yeast bread when I don’t feel like […]
