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Veal Stroganoff with Ryzokeftedes (Fried Rice Balls)

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  A couple of months ago, my friend Natasha posted a Beef Stroganoff recipe.  Natasha lives in the United States but her roots are from Russia so when I saw an authentic version of this very popular dish, I knew I had to try it.    Please[...]

Announcing Creative Concoctions Event

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Welcome to Creative Concoctions, a bimonthly food blogging event which will be hosted here at Kopiaste.. to Greek Hospitality.   Anyone who would like to host this event in the future is welcome and please e-mail me to set a date. Each fortnight[...]

Mini Apple Turnovers with Homemade Apple Sauce

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  A few months ago when I was going to make a savory recipe I noticed that one of the ingredients required was apple sauce.  I’ve never seen apple sauce sold in Greece so after a google search and reading a few recipes, I realized that[...]

Chocolate Cupcakes & Strawberry Mousse Cake

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Today is my little daugter’s birthday.  Evanggelia (Elia) is turning 19 today. I asked her a few days ago what kind of cake she would like for her birthday and she insisted that she wanted a plain sponge cake, with whipped cream and[...]

Lagana Flatbread with Olives & Rosemary

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Lagana is a delicious flatbread which is usually baked  on the first day of Lent of the Orthodox Easter.    This year I wanted to make something different from the classic Lagana so I made it with olives and rosemary. I prepared it from the[...]

Citrus Halvas with Coconut

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Today is the beginning on Lent and the fasting period starts today on Kathara Deftera (Clean Monday). If you want to find more Lenten Recipes, I have made a post in the past and I shall try to update it with more recipes in a few days. One of my[...]

Greek Olive Oil Tasting and Vegan Savoury Olives Cake with Olive Oil

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Last Saturday 40 Greek Food Bloggers were invited to the Factory of Elais for a tour and familiarization regarding the production and qualities of good olive oil. Arriving there we were pleasantly surprised by the graffiti on the exterior walls which[...]

Julia Child?s B?uf à la Bourguignonne

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B?uf à la Bourguignonne, also called Beef Burgundy is perhaps one of the most famous dishes of Julia Child.  The first time I ate B?uf à la Bourguignonne was decades ago when I was still single and I have the recipe written in an old notebook,[...]

Croissants

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I think that you will agree with me that there isn’t any one who will say that they do not love croissants, especially if they are home made. I used to think that it was impossible to make them but I challeged myself and after a couple of[...]

Kataifi Orange Pudding with leftovers

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Today is my mum’s memorial day, she died 15 years ago but it also coincides with my brother’s memorial as it is six months since he left us, so it’s a very emotional day for me but so long as we remember them, they will always stay[...]