by Rena Cook | Sep 2, 2013 | Cooking Tips, Tips
Greece produces excellent honey, from thyme, conifer trees, wild flowers or orange blossoms. It has been collected by humans for consumption for over 10,000 years. Even the Gods of Olympus ate “ambrosia” that is honey, and drank “nectar” a liquid produced by plants...
by Rena Cook | Feb 11, 2013 | Sweets, Vegetarian
This is the king of the sweets of the spoon. Sour cherries ripen in the middle of summer, in July, and you can find them only for a very short time. So you really have to be on the lookout for them, or ask your greengrocer to let you know when he will have them, as...
by Rena Cook | Jan 30, 2012 | Sweets, Vegetarian
Greek Halva is a sweet that is cheap, easy and quick to make, and is eaten even faster. I use walnuts, almonds, pine nuts and raisins, for extra goodness and flavor. Ingredients:1 cup sunflower or corn oil2 cups semolina Half a cup...
by Rena Cook | Dec 26, 2011 | Sweets
This is the cake that we make for the New Year. The tradition started about 1500 years ago, and if you wish to read it so that I don’t take up more of your time here go to: The Tradition of the Vasilopita. We put a coin baked inside the vasilopita, and after greeting...
by Rena Cook | Dec 26, 2011 | Sweets
This sweet is traditionally made at Christmas, but in some regions it is also served at engagements and weddings. Its origin is lost in the mists of time. Originally they made the diples in Mani, a very poor region in Peloponnesus using only flour and water as eggs...
