Mario and Chrisanthi Michael are the creators of Greek Time – an online foodie website offering high-quality Greek food that saves you the time and effort of preparation. Mario’s heritage is Cypriot Greek and Chrisanthi’s is Greek. This much-loved family dish of Spetsofai with Pastourma Sausages fuses both culinary heritages in the most delicious way! […]
This is a beautiful family recipe of yellow capsicum filled with so much goodness and bursting with so much yumminess. It’s my mother-in-law’s recipe with a few tweaks from me to amp up the flavour. Herby, sweet and nutty – there’s a whole lottta good goin’ on!!!! My mother-in-law usually cooks them on the stove […]
These Greek Baked Beans are so delicious, so luscious and so good for you! Traditionally lima beans ‘gigantes’ are used in this dish, but I decided to use the humble cannellini bean instead. Why you ask? Two reasons… One, because my mum’s bean soup recipe (KO’s Fasolada) uses exactly the same ingredients as this dish […]
My parents-in-law were born and raised as Greeks in Constantinople/Istanbul or as they call it I Poli – ‘The City.’ Living in a cosmopolitan, multi-cultural city and immersed in the cuisines of many, influenced their kitchen and that of others residing there. This never-ending fusion of many co-existing cuisines over aeons has been termed politiki […]
This recipe for Karpouzopita – Watermelon Pie comes from Vasiliki, from O Palaios, a renowned zaharoplasteio (patisserie) in the town of Plaka on the cycladic island of Milos. Vasikili makes and serves countless Karpouzopites, at her zaharoplasteio in Milos each summer, and she has beyond perfected it: sweet bursts of juicy, rosy watermelon; crunchy, nutty […]
When we entertain at home, my partner Eugene always prepares the seafood starters. He is well known for his snapper ceviche; his garlic, chilli and coriander prawns; and his barbecued octopus! Eugene’s barbecued octopus is charred and succulent, and bathed in a dressing of extra virgin olive oil, freshly-squeezed lemon juice, finely chopped garlic, aromatic dried oregano and the absolute flavour bomb… smoked sea […]
When my youngest was six months old we travelled to Greece as a family. We travelled from Melbourne to Athens, a very long journey in itself, and then immediately drove the 5 – 5 ½ hours up to my parents’ village of Kastraki. We arrived at my aunt’s house in the village excited, yet weary […]
William’s Kouneli Stifado (Rabbit Stew) is a family recipe; a recipe emanating from Ioannina, Greece; a recipe that both his mother and aunt prepare and one that is William’s all-time favourite dish. To prepare this recipe, we used some beautiful ingredients from the Grecian Purveyor, William’s online store. These carefully sourced ingredients elevate this dish […]
KO’s Yiouvarlakia (Meatball Soup with Rice) is truly a family recipe. My grandmother taught my mother and, in turn, my mother taught me. This is a recipe that we took with us when Eugene and I moved to Seattle, almost 30 years ago. It is a wholesome and hearty soup that nourished and comforted us […]
KO’s Milopita is an upside-down apple pie. This is my mum’s recipe, which was passed on to her by a friend and now down to me and you! The morish, sweet and tangy, baked apples are spiced with cinnamon and layered onto a lovely moist cake base. Everyone who tries it, loves it, and asks […]