Scientists have found mushroom debris that date from 400 million years. In ancient Greece mushrooms were considered to be a very fine food that was meant for kings and gods. Some researchers claim that ambrosia the food consumed by the twelve gods of Olympus was nothing more than a mushroom called Amanita Muscaria known for...
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Summer Vegetables Chicken Casserole
Odysseus Elytis was a very important poet who was born in Heraklion of Crete on 2 November 1911 but his descent was from Lesbos island. He died in Athens on 18 March 1996. He is considered to be one of the exponents of romantic modernism in Greece and the world. In 1979 he was awarded...
Metsovone Cheese Smothered Chicken with Vegetables
Metsovo is a mountainous town in the mainland Greece on its western side and cleaves to the great mountain of Pindos at 1.160 m height. It is a beautiful picturesque town that has kept its old houses and buildings. This town has given birth to some great benefactors of the newly born Greek State after...
Roasted Vegetables and Sweet Wine Tagliatelle
After Greece’s liberation from the Ottoman Empire, the countries that protected the newly born State i.e. England, Germany, Russia and France agreed in placing a king of mutual acceptance as the head of the country. That King was Otto Friedrich Ludwig von Wittelsbach from Salzburg. Because of his descent, as a ruler, he favored German...
Slow Cooker Chickpeas with Spinach
Puppet show has its roots to all ancient civilizations such as the Chinese and Greek. All of them have a common characteristic, that being the domination of one character who is cunning, crafty, naughty, sneaky and inventive. He uses all these “virtues” to survive and trick the authority and sometimes he acts also as a...
Pork with Celery and Avgolemono Sauce
Between 1600BC and 1100BC a great civilization flourished in mainland Greece and more specifically in the Peloponnese peninsula; The Mycenaean Civilization. It grew so strong and powerful that dominated eastern Mediterranean Sea, Crete and the islands of Aegean Sea. The center of this civilization was the city of Mycenae, from which historians gave it its...
A Full Course for Valentine’s Menu
Οι συνταγές και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος των αναρτήσεων! I always thought that love should be shown without having an excuse. An unexpected loving gesture is the best gift a man or a woman can get. It doesn’t have to be something big or extravagant to show someone your love and appreciation. I think small...
Carrot Soup with Greek Yogurt and Ginger
Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! Hippocrates was the father of modern medicine and was born in Kos island in 460 B.C. and died in Larisa in 377B.C. he managed to separate medicine from all the previous magic, superstitions and misbeliefs. Hippocrates conducted experiments studied and collected data about diseases so as...
Twelve Months of Deliciousness, The Best of 2015
Οι συνταγές και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος των αναρτήσεων! I was planning on posting a recipe I have tried and liked about an Asian chicken, but then I thought that since it is the end of the year it would be incomplete without a flashback with the greatest recipes of 2015. I loved everything I...
Lemon, Honey Chicken with Potatoes and the Winners
Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! In Greece on Christmas Day turkey is the main course for lunch. Families gather around the festive table and enjoy baked turkey with potatoes in the oven. We also make stuffing with rice, pine nuts, the inner parts of the turkey and raisins. Stuffing is cooked...