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Make your own Greek seasoning in 5 minutes with dried Greek oregano, garlic, onion, pepper and optional sea salt. Salt-free version, ratios and how to use it.
A simple Greek salad dressing recipe with extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, dried Greek oregano and sea salt. Ratios, swaps and serving tips.
Both are finishing salts, sprinkled on food just before serving. Fleur de sel (“flower of salt”) is the thin layer of crystals raked by hand from the surface of salt pans. It is fine, slightly moist and delicate. Maldon is a brand of sea salt flakes from Maldon in Essex, England. Its crystals are dry, […]
Greek oregano is usually Origanum vulgare subsp. hirtum, the bold, peppery oregano of Greek cooking. “Italian oregano” is a looser trade name. It can mean milder Origanum vulgare types or a hybrid of oregano and sweet marjoram (Origanum × majoricum). Labels vary, so read the label rather than the name alone. Flavour How to tell […]
A Greek frappé (φραπές) is a foamy iced coffee made from instant coffee. Instant coffee, a little water and sugar are shaken or whisked into a thick foam. Then cold water, ice and milk if you like are added. It is drunk slowly through a straw, often over a long conversation. Frappé is not made […]
Greek coffee and Turkish coffee are made the same way. Very finely ground coffee is heated with cold water, and sugar if wanted, in a small long-handled pot. It is poured unfiltered into small cups, foam first. The differences come from the name, the brand, and the way people serve and drink it. What is […]
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A Greek food gift basket works best when every item is something the person will actually use. Build it around a theme, such as breakfast, coffee, a mezze table or a cook’s pantry, and pair each item with a guide that shows how to use it. Gift basket ideas The breakfast basket The Greek coffee […]
Crete is one of Greece’s best-known olive oil regions. Much of its oil comes from the small Koroneiki olive, and the island has more protected olive oil names than any other part of Greece. This guide explains what “Cretan olive oil” can mean on a label and how to compare bottles. The Koroneiki olive Koroneiki […]
Greek mountain tea is an herbal infusion made from Sideritis, a group of plants also called ironwort. In Greece it has long been drunk as an everyday warm drink, especially in winter. This page sets out what an official European assessment says about it, and what it does not say. What the European Medicines Agency […]
A briki (μπρίκι) is the small, long-handled pot used to make Greek coffee. It has a narrow neck and a wider base. Finely ground coffee, cold water and any sugar are heated together in it until the foam rises, then poured straight into small cups. The grounds go into the cup and settle at the […]
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