Recipes

Strapatsada (στραπατσάδα) is a well-known dish in many regions of Greece, but is especially popular on the Ionian Islands, mainly due to the fact that the ingredients are available there for much...

It's all over the internet: Michoteta is a traditional salad that originates from Egypt. This salad is usually prepared with a combination of cucumbers, finely chopped red onion, lemon juice,...

When we think of Stracciatella ice cream, here in our cool frog country we quickly think of sultry Italy with its dolce vita . This term is wrongly translated everywhere as 'the...

The Caprese Salad is not even that old a creation. This salad probably dates back to 1924 when the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876-1944) stayed in the extremely luxurious (and therefore...

There are still people who buy a packet of soup. It seems so simple: Bring water to the boil, add the contents of a packet of soup, boil briefly and...

The sun on your plate, that is this easy to prepare salad with mango and tomato. The origin of this salad is probably India. There, in the sometimes extremely hot...

It will not have escaped even the slightly older reader of this website's attention, but cucumbers were in high demand in the summer of 2024. The cause was an unexpected...

No, this is not a dressing for your summer fruit, but a spectacular dressing, in which berries play the leading role. It is a delicious summery dressing for every salad....

The Bulgarian salad (or Šopska salata) is, like the Greek salad and the Caprese salad, a modern invention.Origin of Bulgarian saladThe Bulgarian salad first appeared in a Bulgarian cookbook from 1940. In the...

Fried black olives (Olive nero al forno) is a typical dish that is made on a large scale especially in southern Italy. They are served as an aperitif, together with meat and...

Toum is a Lebanese garlic sauce that is related to several other sauces in the countries around the Mediterranean. You probably know the aioli, that French garlic sauce that is...

As has been noted a few times before, the Caprese Salad is not a classic, but a relatively young invention. This salad originated in 1924 and perhaps we can call it a...