A really nice hardy meal, especially in the colder months. Goes great with grilled cheese. Can be easily kept in the fridge or freezer to be consumed later. Makes 6-8 bowls. Ingredients Directions
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Visit number four – Explorations
April 2024 We just made our fourth visit to Andros, just about a year since the last one and two and half years since we first stepped foot on this special island. This time, upon leaving Paleopolis, the Periptero kafenio’s owner Margarita, referred to the village as ‘your village too, now’….now that we had started… Continue reading Visit number four – Explorations
Andros arriving
October 2021 As the pandemic began to ease a bit in 2021, we decided we had to get to Greece and get serious about finding a house, the loss of time giving a heightened sense of urgency to the project. That, and like everyone else, probably no longer willing to leave things to ‘later’ –… Continue reading Andros arriving
Permitting Paleopolis
We were all quite excited when IE submitted our permit application in Syros in June 2023. In actual fact, he just uploaded it from the comfort of his Agia Paraskevi office, but it sounds more romantic to mention Syros. It had taken over a year to get to this point, with a lot of back… Continue reading Permitting Paleopolis
vasilopita 2023 the next day
Seriously searching
Covid lockdown threw a bit of a wrench into the Greek island house hunt, but in early 2021 we began to craft a plan to more seriously tackle the search again. AD and PS were planning a long stay in Greece, including a winter season on Tinos, which would be the perfect experiment to confirm… Continue reading Seriously searching
Kea round two
August 2019 We decided to bring along everyone to check out Kea in the summer, see it at the height of summer madness, and confirm this is the one. Of course we enjoyed it, as JC says, what’s there not to like about any Greek island? Fair point, that. The main objection was that perhaps… Continue reading Kea round two
Gingerbread Cookies Perfected
Perfection is obviously in the eye of the beholder. Spicy? Crispy? Chewy? Dark? Light? We have made countless batches of gingerbread cookies over the years, using a different recipe each time, or adjusting the recipes as we go. Finally, this is the one, for the perfect gingerbread cookie according, yes, to me. Ingredients Directions Ingredients… Continue reading Gingerbread Cookies Perfected