Sunday, December 22, 2024

The end of an era - moving my blog to Substack


Hello friends! How are you? Long time, no see!

I have a huge announcement to make.

I decided to move all my work (posts and recipes) and mailing list on Substack, a platform that gives me much more freedom and options than my blog could ever give me, and I’m so excited to go on this journey with you.

You who have trusted me all these years by cooking the recipes from my blog and those of you who may have only recently discovered me and want updates on what’s coming.

 

 

Substack is a subscription-based platform that allows writers, content creators, bloggers, journalists etc, to publish newsletters to their audience directly. Readers subscribe to their newsletter (on a free or paid basis) to access their content. 

My Substack newsletter has been in the works for a while now. After writing my food blog for 15 years, I needed a fresh start and a new place to share my recipes, my adventures in the kitchen, my thoughts and ideas about food, cooking and life in general. Substack is the perfect place for that, and I can’t wait to share everything with you.

 

 

There, I’ll be sharing seasonal Greek recipes, both savory and sweet, most of them traditional, others unconventional and/or with a twist, as well as recipes inspired by my travels throughout Europe and beyond and of course by my life here in the Netherlands.

So, let’s get to it!

Let’s cook meals for our families and feasts for our friends, let’s bake some delicious cakes and pastries just because we feel like it or for a special occasion. Let’s sort out the busy days with some easy recipes that make sense, to nourish body and soul, let’s cook for our little ones, for our partners and lovers and let’s create memories around the table.

 

 

And if you’re wondering how this works and why subscribe, well, for starters, by subscribing to this newsletter, you get all my new and exclusive recipes in your email inbox, automatically, without missing a single update.

If you become a free subscriber, you will get 1 brand spanking new recipe per month straight from my kitchen to yours, and a sneak preview of the recipes and posts to come every week.

If you become a paid subscriber (5 euros/month or 48 euros/year — annual subscriptions get a 20% discount, hooray!), apart from my eternal gratitude, you will get 3 additional new recipes each month, plus extra if I can’t wait to share something with you, full access to all my recipes, old and new, no matter when you subscribe, the ability to ask me questions, chat, comment and become part of the community, sneak peeks into my kitchen with voice memos and videos, and the all-important insights into the Greek kitchen pantry, Greek food essentials and ingredients.

Of course, you will also be supporting my work and actively contributing to the making of this newsletter, which would mean the world to me.

So if that all sounds fun to you, please consider becoming a paid subscriber and if you know of anyone else who you think would enjoy this newsletter, please feel free to share and spread the word.

 

 I've already share my first recipe there, for Greek melomakarona, so come on over!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

 



Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Kladdkaka – Swedish chocolate cake with dark chocolate ganache

Kladdkaka is a dense, creamy and fudgy chocolate cake of Swedish origin that I decided to make even more intensely chocolaty with the addition of a dark chocolate ganache on top. It became almost decadent.

 

 

 

What’s even more special about this cake, apart from its beautiful texture and intense flavor, is the fact that it is a fuss-free cake that takes no more than fifteen minutes to bring together, using just one pan. No mixer in sight.

 

 

Find my recipe on my Substack newsletter.  

Here is the link and please subscribe to my Newsletter to get every new post in your email inbox!!

Look forward to seeing you there!!


Saturday, October 31, 2015

Instagram moments

The last ten or so days have been incredibly busy with work and personal stuff and as a result I haven’t been able to share many things here; even though I really wanted to. It felt like I didn’t have time to think let alone write anything.

Luckily, I do a better a job when it comes to taking photographs and I do manage to share them on instagram, so I thought why not share them here as well? I think I’ll start doing this from time to time. It’s fun, and those of you who don’t use instagram will get to see what I’ve been up to.

Hope you enjoy them and I promise to be back soon with a recipe.

Oh, and if you see something you like, ask me about it and I promise to post the recipe here on the blog in the future.

By the way, I have updated the recipe index and it is up and running. Hope you find it helpful and easy to use.

Have a great weekend!



“Autumnal shades of brown.”
My favorite things: chestnuts, mushrooms, bread. So many recipes planned ahead with these gorgeous ingredients.




“Holland, I love your flowers.”
This one was shot today. I got a large bouquet for home and now everything seems brighter.




“Coffee, rose petal spoon sweet (Greek preserve) and a new book that arrived today on my doorstep. Can't wait to cook from it!”
I did cook from it. I need to share the recipe soon.




“Homemade fresh tomato sauce is key. #dinner ”
Based on this one.




“Chocolate and coconut.”
Chocolate Lamingtons. I’ve been making them for years and they’re perfection.




“Greek fava (yellow split pea purèe). This, with olives, tinned anchovies and crusty bread. My comfort food. #greekfood #fava #φάβα ”
Find the recipe here.




“One of my colleagues grows cucumbers on a little vegetable plot he rents and today he brought some over to the office to give away. Who can resist fresh (and free) vegetables? So of course I grabbed a couple, and now it's time to make tzatziki. #greekfood #tzatziki #τζατζίκι ”
I've been planning to share with you my recipe for tzatziki for such a long time. One day...




“So dark and rainy today.”
Around The Hague.




“Tonight, sea bream. #τσιπούρες ”
I could live on fish alone.




“When you come home from work, exhausted and hungry, this is the sort of food that can lift your spirits and fill your belly. Not a fancy meal, nor photo for that matter, but delicious and fulfilling. Piping hot thick pasta with minced veal and fresh tomato sauce, aka "makaronia me kima". Will be topped off with a generous grating of Greek Kefalotyri cheese. #greekfood #μακαρόνιαμεκιμά ”




“The best thing to eat on a cold and dark day like today. Greek lentil soup with olives and good bread. #greekfood #φακές #σούπα ”
Find the recipe here.




“Golden potatoes and juicy, crispy-skinned lamb, the Greek way, for Sunday lunch. #greekfood #lamb #αρνίμεπατάτες ”
Find the recipe here.




“Pinks and purples in my salad today.”
You need this salad in your life.




“Flaky, buttery croissant, homemade quince jam and hot cocoa kind of Sunday.”
Find the recipe for hot cocoa here.




“Delicious things on toasted bread to the rescue when I'm famished.”
You need this in your life, too.




P.S. Have you heard??? I’m nominated for three awards at the first ever Greek Food Blog Awards organized by Vima Gourmet magazine. You can vote for me here for Best Cooking Blog, here for Best Sweet Treats and here for Best Food Photography & Styling by clicking the “like” button below the Greek text and next to where it says “Like for Vote” in each category. Thank you very much for your support!!