May 10, 2024
Culture, Eat-Drink, FEATURED
The Athens Street Food Festival opens its gates again in May 2024 offering thousands of foodies delicacies not only from Greece but also from all over the world. Since 2016, the ASFF transforms the historic Old OSY Bus Depot (Pireos & Ermou) in Gazi, downtown Athens, into a culinary paradise …
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February 6, 2024
Culture, Eat-Drink, FEATURED
Αfter his book “The Wines of Santorini”, Master of Wine Giannis Karakasis records all the news and developments that are happening now in Greek wine and publishes online the annual report Greek Wine Explained 2024. The report aims to provide comprehensive information about the current position of Greek wine on …
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December 27, 2023
CORONAVIRUS, Eat-Drink, FEATURED, Strikes
Twenty seven days after my covid infection and I’m in proud position to say: fatigue is gone by 90% and taste has returned by 87 %. Reason for this development I suspect is the fact I spent Christmas Day in my pajamas on the couch watching Xmas films, eating cheese, …
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October 18, 2023
Arts, Culture, Eat-Drink, FEATURED
The 3rd Wine and Art Festival is taking place at the exhibition space of the Athens School of Fine Arts in Athens October 21-22, 2023. The Festival offers visitors and professionals over 500 wine labels, arts exhibition and various activities with music, Video: Wine: More than 80 boutique wineries from …
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July 30, 2023
Culture, Eat-Drink, FEATURED
Have you ever heard of Soumada? The very traditional, ultra refreshing and aromatic summer drink made of sweet and bitter almonds? Soumada is made from syrup of milk from mainly sweet almonds and a few bitter ones. You mix it with cold water (in proportion 1 part soumada, 3-4 parts …
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July 23, 2023
Culture, Eat-Drink, FEATURED
A classic summer Greek with a Turkish name: Stuffed aubergines “Imam bayildi”. is one of Greeks’ favorite dishes in summer. It consist of whole aubergines stuffed with onion, garlic, tomatoes and parsley, simmering olive oil. It is vegan and super easy to make. It is a recipe from my grandma …
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July 4, 2023
Culture, Eat-Drink, FEATURED
Have you ever tasted these crispy fried zucchini thin slices in a Greek tavern? They are the absolute meze to ouzo or wine and directly associated with sun, sea and summer. Have you then ever tired to play Greek tavern owner at home, carefully preparing your zucchini slices to get …
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April 24, 2023
Archeology, Culture, Eat-Drink
Ancient Greek gastronomy and wine tasting is one of the events at the Acropolis Museum organized in collaboration with the Athens City Festival with the seocnd one being jazz music. Ancient diet & wine tasting at May 4, 2023 Jazz music at May 22, 2023 Ancient diet and wine tasting …
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April 13, 2023
Eat-Drink, FEATURED
Greek Easter cookies “Smyrneika” are crunchy and full of flavor: butter, vanilla, orange and cognac. And they are very easy to make. Greek Easter traditions for the sweet tooth have always being: Tsourekia and Smyrneika. Especially for the families descended from Asia Minor. Tsourekia are brioche-like sweet bread that needs …
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January 3, 2023
Culture, Eat-Drink, FEATURED
Locally produced food delicacies from the northern section of the island of Evia will be on show at the Syntagma metro station exhibition hall in downtown Athens from Friday to Sunday, January 6-8, 2023. The three-day mini food expo aims to showcase to Athenians the broad selection of foods produced …
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December 27, 2022
Culture, Eat-Drink, FEATURED
Greek cuisine is the 2nd best in the world for 2022, as voted by users of the platform Taste Atlas around the world, choosing from almost 100 different countries for the whole year. However, even though Greece is second top in general, it loses many points when it comes to …
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November 7, 2022
Culture, Eat-Drink, FEATURED
17 wineries of Northern Greece open their doors to public on Sunday, 13. November 2022, to celebrate the Wine Tourism. The wineries of the “Wine Routes of Northern Greece” will open their doors for guided tours and wine tasting. Entrance for wine loving public is free of charge. “Come and …
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October 25, 2022
Culture, Eat-Drink, FEATURED
It’s not family size, it’s not quartered, it’s not giant. It’s just huge. The Pizza Challenge offered by a pizzeria in Thessaloniki weighs 7 kg has a diameter of 1 meter and a perimeter of 3.2 meters. It is baked in an oven with special construction. If four people manage …
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August 30, 2022
Culture, Eat-Drink, FEATURED
The Greek salad, a landmark of the Greek cuisine worldwide: shiny-sweet tomatoes and crisp cucumbers, spicy white onions and green bell peppers, black olives. A thick slice of feta cheese on top of the mountain of fresh veggies. All rounded up with golden olive oil and aromatic dry oregano. Who …
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July 17, 2022
Culture, Eat-Drink, FEATURED
Wines aged in the underwater cellar at the bottom of the sea in Halkidiki have landed at restaurant tables in Japan, where they enjoy a huge popularity. Sushi and Greek wine aged underwater, is the new trend in Japan. The bottles of the underwater cellar from Ierissos, were sunk in …
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July 6, 2022
Eat-Drink, Uncategorized
Taste of Athens 2022, a major gastronomic event, kicks off on Thursday and for four days visitors can enjoy dishes prepared by ten star chefs in the country. A rich music and fun parallel program will add to the experience, while there is also a special program for kids. 4 …
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December 30, 2021
Eat-Drink, FEATURED
What do we need these days when pandemic infections reach unprecedented levels and grim news and restrictions spoil the festive days? Let’s Eat Cake! A simple and quick comfort cake with chocolate and almonds, cognac and some fruit for the healthy touch. I have no time to write a long …
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December 20, 2021
Eat-Drink, FEATURED
My Perfect Greek Melomakarona: Traditional cookies full with all Christmas flavors of cinnamon, cloves, orange and cognac, sprinkled with crushed walnuts. Soaked in light honey syrup. There are no festive days without a plate full of these sweets on the table. The original recipe comes from my mother and she …
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October 28, 2021
Eat-Drink, FEATURED
Samali is a semolina-cake scented with mastic, one of the traditional Greek so-called “tray sweets”, even though not so famous as its glamorous cousins, the baklava or kataifi. It is a modest sweet soaked in fragrant syrup and modest because it has nuts only as decoration and not as main …
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December 21, 2020
Eat-Drink, FEATURED
My Perfect Greek Melomakarona: mellow sweet bites full of Christmas aromas soaked in light honey syrup. Cinnamon, cloves, orange and cognac, sprinkled with crushed walnuts. There is no festive days without a plate full of these sweets on the table. The original recipe comes from my mother and she had …
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