by Rena Cook | Jul 8, 2013 | Sweets
Bougatsa is very easy to make and of course very nice to eat. Ancient Greeks made a pie that could be called an ‘early bougatsa’. It was a kind of a pie with various fillings. The years and eons passed and the bougatsa pie became a very popular sweet in Istanbul and...
by Rena Cook | May 27, 2013 | Sweets, Vegetarian
If you want to satisfy your sweet tooth but you don’t want to consume too many calories, this is the sweet for you. Beautiful apples, raisins and walnuts with a little brown sugar and cinnamon make a sweet that’s full of goodness and full of taste. You can use any...
by Rena Cook | Apr 1, 2013 | Sweets, Vegetarian
A very tasty and wholesome cake without eggs or butter. The tahini gives it a nutty flavor and the raisins add sweetness as the cake itself is not really sweet. Of course, you can add more sugar and/or honey if you wish. You can also add other dried fruit cut in small...
by Rena Cook | Mar 18, 2013 | Sweets
I consider myself lucky because my dad’s brother married a girl from a village in Crete outside Herakleion, named Hersonissos. Those days it was a beautiful, picturesque little fishing village. There was one ‘main road’ following the coastline and the houses were...
by Rena Cook | Mar 11, 2013 | Sweets, Vegetarian
This jam pie is very light and tasty. It is very versatile and for the filling you can use any jam you like. For this pie I used home-made apricot and strawberry jam. If you use homemade jam, it will not be terribly sweet, because you can control the addition of the...
by Rena Cook | Feb 25, 2013 | Sweets
Here we have a very healthy and refreshing snack. Yogurt is so good for you, and you should eat some every day. If you also have a craving for something sweet, top your bowl of yogurt with a couple of tablespoonfuls of quince in syrup or any of the other ‘sweets of...
