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Greek Easter food from Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday: red eggs, tsoureki, magiritsa, spit-roast lamb, kokoretsi and the sides and sweets that go with them.
Tsoureki is the braided Greek Easter bread scented with mahlepi, mastiha and orange. A step-by-step recipe, how to get the stringy texture and how to braid it.
Vasilopita is the Greek New Year cake with a lucky coin baked inside. An orange-scented cake recipe, the St Basil story, and how to hide the coin and cut it.
What is a traditional Greek breakfast? Yogurt and honey, bougatsa, koulouri, pies, eggs with tomato, bread with olive oil, coffee: how to make it at home.
How to make honey lemon tea in 5 minutes: the right ratio of honey to lemon, which tea to use, and variations with ginger, mountain tea, lemon thyme or ice.
Early harvest olive oil is pressed from olives picked green at the start of the season. What the label means, why it tastes stronger, and how to use it.
Olive oil vs vegetable oil: how each is made, flavor, smoke point, USDA fat profiles side by side, and when to use which for frying, baking and dressings.
Olive oil vs butter: what each is made of (USDA data), how they behave in the pan, and how to swap olive oil for butter in baking, with a conversion chart.
How to dry fresh oregano and thyme by hanging, on trays, in a dehydrator or microwave, plus harvest timing, dryness tests and storage tips.
Lemon thyme is thyme with a clear lemon scent. How it differs from common thyme, the best ways to cook with it, what to use instead, and how to grow it.
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