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Kopiaste... to Greek Hospitality

http://kopiaste.org

For those who do not know Greek, “kopiaste” is the word we use to invite people we want to share our food with or when we open our house to friends and invite them to come and make themselves at home. So in my way I am inviting you into my kitchen to share with you all my recipes and all my “little” secrets.

• Added on: Aug 28th, 2008
• Country: Greece
• Language: English

• Author: Ivy Liacopoulou
• Listed in: Food & Drink Local Cooking
• Tags: painting Photography traditional greek travelling cypriot

Recent Posts

• Agginaropita (Greek Artichoke Pie)

  Posted on Wednesday December 9th, 2009 at 06:00 in Herbs, greek, pies, dough, my recipes, leeks, phyllo, artichokes, galette, greek herbs, greek cheese, pites

  This month’s Tried & Tested is featuring Kevin of Closet Cooking. This event was an original idea by Zlamushka of Spicy Kitchen. Each month a blogger is featured and we have to choose one of his/her recipes and recreate it and blog about...

• Limoncello Kaltsounia or Lychnarakia, another twist

  Posted on Tuesday December 8th, 2009 at 01:27 in tarts, cheese, greek, drinks, my recipes, ricotta, limoncello, cretan, cookies and biscuits, myzithra, tarts and pies, anari

  Kaltsounia or Kalitsounia, is probably the most known Cretan recipe.   Remember my post on Calzone where I mentioned the connection of the two names? Kaltsounia can be either with a sweet or savory filling and the pastry shell differs in each case...

• A Christmas Cake with a twist

  Posted on Monday December 7th, 2009 at 00:30 in Strawberries, cakes, christmas, cherries, festive, my recipes, eggplants, fruit cake, hazelnuts

  Each year I have been making the same Christmas Cake year after year after year and I still love it and will be making it again some time in the future. However, I still want to experiment with new things and this year I am making a Christmas Cake b...

• Espresso Cherry Liqueur in five minutes

  Posted on Sunday December 6th, 2009 at 09:20 in coffee, drinks, alcoholic drinks, syrup, my recipes, spoon sweets, how to.., tips-cooking

  I was thinking of making a coffee liqueur with the Espresso Natalia gave me and I google searched to see how it is made.  I have made liqueurs in the past so I knew the procedure but still I wanted to see if there was something more to do.  I foun...

• Awards

  Posted on Sunday December 6th, 2009 at 07:14 in international, awards

  Lissie,  of Salt and Spice, and  Joumana, of Tastes of Beirut, have  bestowed upon me  The 2009 Bloggers Appreciation Award.  Thanks very much Lissies and Joumana. The Award goes with a Meme.  I have to say 7 things about myself I haven’t to...

• Yoghurt and Pomegranate Mousse

  Posted on Saturday December 5th, 2009 at 03:59 in desserts, my recipes, pomegranate, gelatine, gelatin, greek yoghurt

  In my previous post where I made Greek yoghurt for the first time, I told you that the first time I made it, it did not set as it should and it looked more like a cream rather than a yoghurt. It still tasted like yoghurt but what was I supposed to...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

Jill@SimpleDailyRecipes

You want to learn about Greek food & traditions?
Ivy at Kopiaste is the one to turn to for great recipes and wonderful stories.

Posted: December 3rd, 2008 | More Reviews From SimplyJill | Report This Comment

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