My sister Caroline makes a mean pork tenderloin, or should I say tenderloins. She's made it in so many ways and with various sauces such as apple, raspberry, mustard cream - you name it, she’s probably tried it. Today she made it in one of my favorite ways - Greek style, which is also one of the easier ways to…

The other day my sisters and I were talking about our favorite dishes from childhood. Joanna listed araka me saltsa as one of her favorites. Our mom used to make it for us all the time. Partly because she could make a big batch at once, partly because it was good for us. But mostly because we all would eat it. We loved…

In honor of Greek Independence Day, we decided to make one the most famous and traditional Greek desserts we could think of... baklava! And we're not talking just regular run-of-the-mill baklava in a pan or in triangles, which is typically how you will find it. We made baklava rolls! Baklava rolls are known as…

There are so many amazing benefits to a Mediterranean diet. Sometimes we feel like a broken record (does that statement make us sound old?), but we cannot deny how much we love Greek and Mediterranean cuisine, and the fact that a steady diet properly prepared is so important to your health and…

Pastitsio is a lot of work, we all know it. So when my sisters make it, it's definitely a treat, because really, there's nothing like homemade pastitsio! You don't really need to make anything with it, besides maybe a salad. And it is soooo good as a leftover dish too, so it can keep you fed for a day or two. Go…

My sister Joanna really had a craving to make a pizza, but unfortunately at that moment, she didn't have yeast on hand to make dough. After a short search, she discovered she did have plenty of phyllo, so being the resourceful cook that she is, she made the pizza with phyllo dough instead. Luckily for me, she…

Someone sent us a message recently asking for a traditional Moussaka recipe, and sadly I realized my sisters have never posted one, which seemed odd, but sometimes the most obvious things are the ones that are overlooked! The lack of a good Moussaka recipe made us all sad, but the sadness was short lived, because…

You know those nights when you’re starving and want something simple and yummy… but don’t feel like going to the grocery store or cooking for hours? My answer, Arrabiata.

A spicy Italian pasta sauce characterized by the use of simple, but fresh, ingredients. Since the word Arrabiata…

Many of my fondest food memories consist of the summers I spent in Greece. At the top of my food memory list is fresh baked pita bread. The pita we buy at the grocery stores here does not compare, so my sister wanted to try her hand at making some home-made pita. She didn't want to make it alone so she paired…

We were heading home from the beach near Kyparissia one summer day. My cousin asked if my sisters and I would like to stop and grab something to eat, and of course I was the first one to scream YES! wholeheartedly. So she took us to this…

I love Greek yogurt, and I love pancakes. I never thought about putting them together, but leave it to my lovely sisters to do it for me. I have to say, I've been eating pancakes all my life and I always feel kind of stuffed after I finish eating. These Greek yogurt pancakes were filling, but they didn't…

Growing up, our mom would make rizogalo pretty often. It was a staple in our house. More often than naught, she would have to ration it because Joanna would eat it all! It was her favorite dessert, so that’s why over the years, Joanna has tried to come up with a recipe as good as my mom’s, and it looks like she’s…

OK, you have a long day at work and come home tired, so the last thing you want to do is prepare a big dinner. But of course, you need something to eat and take out is not the solution! This is a fast, easy, and relatively healthy solution to dinner when you’re too tired to really cook. We often keep a few items…

This is an honest-to-goodness amazing recipe that you will not be disappointed once you have it on your plate!

Yield: Makes about 18 patties

Ingredients:

• 3 cups coarsely grated zucchini (from about 4 small)
• 1 tsp. salt, divided
• 1/2 tsp. ground…

Ingredients:

• 1 bunch fresh spinach or 1 package fresh spinach
• 1/2 cup ricotta cheese
• 1/2 cup feta cheese
• 3 - 4 cloves minced garlic
• 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts pounded thin or 4 chicken cutlets
• Salt and pepper for…

Serves: 6

Ingredients:

• 6 small eggplants ( I used Italian eggplants)
• 3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 5 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped
• 1 lb. ground lamb
• Salt and black pepper,…

Here’s a vegetarian version of stuffed peppers, but with a twist, no rice. Joanna makes a great vegetarian stuffing so she thought, why not make stuffed peppers with it? I thought it would be a boring stuffed pepper with no meat and no rice, but I was willing to try it - and as it turns out, I was wrong. It…

All summer long I've been pushing my sisters to create a cool, lite, healthy summery dish that could replace the standard xoriatiki (village) salad we usually have with our dinner. Don't get me wrong, a…

If you've ever visited Greece then you probably know about Nescafé Frappe. If you haven't, let me tell you about it. Read on.

Nescafe Frappe is a cold, frothy, delicious drink made with instant coffee, water, milk, ice and sugar. The last time I had Frappe, it was 2005 while on holiday in Greece. I…

My sister woke up last Saturday morning craving an omelette. Why you ask? Well, luckily my interest in my sisters' cooking always makes me inquisitive, so I asked her what caused her craving. She said she had dreamt about our father that night. Our dad, who passed away many years ago, was a restaurant /…