Hospitality is huge in a Greek household. No self-respecting Greek will want to have a reputation of being a poor host or hostess. So how do you best show your guests some love? Sugar. Lots of sugar!
Continue reading Greek Green Almond Spoon Sweet (Glyko Tsagalo)
These morsels of chocolate-y bliss are my childhood’s definition of the Christmas holidays. If these weren’t being made, you might as well just haul the tree to the curb and call the whole thing off.
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Figs are an oddity in the fruit tree world. If given the right conditions, they’ll produce fruit throughout the year. But what happens if that’s not the conditions you happen to live in? You get creative, that’s what.
Continue reading Traditional Greek Fig Spoon Sweet
I honestly believe that chocolate as we know it in its modern form is proof that God exists and loves us very, very, very, very much. Please don’t try to change my mind, I prefer to live in this version of reality.
Continue reading Mosaiko (Greek Chocolate Refrigerator Cake)
Plums are liars. Okay, not all plums lie, but when they do it’s really bad, but it’s nothing that booze and sugar can’t fix. Well, at least in this case.
Continue reading Greek Spiced Candied Plums & Plum Brandy (or Plum Spoon Sweets & Syrup!)
If you have ever eaten a Greek or Middle Eastern sweet with a floral flavor you couldn’t quite pin your finger on, it was likely flavored with rose. Yes, like the ones in your garden.
Continue reading Rose Cordial & Candied Rose Petals
Each year we are bombarded with fruits from our trees and that of my parents. I’ve decided that the best way to “share the love” is to make a variety of treats to pass on to friends and loved ones.
Continue reading Candied Oranges
It is amazing how many tasty treats can be made with things most of us would just toss away. That they were made in the first place tells us that the genius behind them was a frugal person not wanting to waste what could be otherwise useful.
Continue reading Greek Candied Lemon “Spoon Sweet”
Meringues may not be a Greek invention, but ask any Greek if they really care. Hint: they don’t.
If there is ever a global shortage on sugar or honey, I’m not sure what most Greeks are going to do. Greeks really love their sweets.
Continue reading Greek Kumquat “Spoon Sweet”
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