A fresh idea for a souvenir, or just something to pamper yourself
Athensguide My downtown Athens neighborhood is a shopping mecca – Pagrati has its own boulevard, Ymittou Street, lined with the big names, and some not so big names, and my friends…
Food
Golden amber where the road ends
About 19 km from Tripoli, in the center of the Peloponnese, where the road ends, nestled in the steep slopes of Mount Mainalon, there is a magical place called Piana.…
Sunday afternoon in the countryside
Sundays are for family and friends in Greece, and what better way to share it than around the table with good food and good company? Would you like to visit…
Dionysos – the Quick (Budget friendly) Greek
Dionysios Imittou 95, Pagrati – 210/75-11-001 Open daily from noon until midnight (or later) It probably isn’t much of a surprise that I’d fall for the Greek God of wine,…
Giant shrimp – not an oxymoron – harbor dining year ‘around
Restaurant, Botsaris Fish Taverna, Akti A. Koumoundourou, No. 30, Mikrolimano / Tourkolimano / Garidadika, Piraeus, Greece You’d think the shrimp were lobsters! Yorgia and Yorgos Papadopoulos operate this casual restaurant…
Smoke Thursday, “Tsiknopempti” – Meat, Meat & More Meat
**Tsiknopempti 2012 & Carnivale** Tsiknopempti or “Smoked Thursday” is February 16, 2012 Carnival Period begins February 5, 2012 Main Carnival Weekend: Friday, February 24 – Sunday, February 26, 2012 Clean…
Is that a Greek bagel?
Koulouria, not bagels (the only bagel I’ve ever found in Athens was in the restaurant at the IKEA near the airport. Sadly they would not sell me a dozen, although…
Sample the flavors of Greece
As readers of this blog know, I love food, and it’s also one of my favorite things to bring back to friends and family when I’m returning to Chicago from…
Cretan wine comes of age
Crete may be known as a fantastic vacation spot, but it hides many of its secrets from the world. The fruits of the earth of Crete.
Greek food: How to clean a fish
I was working on this blog post in the late afternoon on August 17, 2011 when the phone rang. It was my mother telling me something was wrong with my…
