Cooking #WithRefugees: A flavourful counternarrative
The Cooking #WithRefugees Festival comes back to Athens from 18 to 22 June organised by UNHCR to create inclusive spaces fo...
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Salad Days: 6 Super Healthy Recipes to get Beach R...
Salads shouldn’t be side-lined… let these wonderfully light and nutrit...
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Your green guide to vegan eating in Athens
Move over gyros, veg burgers and dairy-free ice-creams are here to sta...
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How to Master the Greek Easter Basics
Rita Wilson famously described Greek Easter with the words, “We don’t do bunnies. We don’t do pastels. We do lamb, sweet cookies, and deep red.” This Easter, use the “gift” of lockdown over-time to try your hand at replicating your own perfectly-braided Koulorakia biscuits - the staple of Greek bakeries everywhere - and give our fool-proo...
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In Praise of Greek Wine
A committed oenophile and wine scribe for decades, Constantinos Stergides gives a 5-minute masterclass on the Great Greek Grape. What do you do? And how long have you been organizing Oenorama...
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Why do Greeks eat salted cod on March 25?
If you’re new to Greece you might be confused by the sight of locals everywhere tucking into plates of “bakaliaros skordalia” – fried salty cod with garlic sauce made of potato and olive oil – on Greek Independence Day, March 25. Aren’t they supposed to be smack in the middle of the Greek Orthodox Lenten period where eating an...
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How to do Lent in Greece
With so many Lenten treats on offer, the 40-day pre-Easter abstinence feels more like indulgence than penance. Here’s Athens Insider’s guide to navigating Lenten dos and don’ts! For Greeks, even fasting is all about food! In fact, it reflects the rich culinary repertoire of the country, relying heavily on seasonal ve...
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An Intoxicating Guide to Greek Liqueurs
Greece’s liqueurs are like postcards, boasting of regional distinctions and an intoxicating array of raw ingredients. Beautiful, old-fashioned bottles, traditional recipes from village and city homes, unique tastes. These are the characteristics of Greece’s unusual liqueurs. They are products that have stood the test of time, ...
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3 Warming Greek Recipes for Winter
Through exquisite recipes and photographs of her beloved Greece, Australian-born Greek Ruth Bardis shares her family's stories and the regional specialties of their cuisine in her award-winning book “Hellenic Kanella: Memories Made in a Greek Kitchen”. Insider brings you three of her favourite winter warming dishes from her stylish and he...
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From pre-Christmas drinks to morning-after breakfasts, NYX Rooftop is where you want to be!
Live it up this Holiday Season at the NYX Rooftop Bar at the Academias Hotel. From indulgent dinners to breakfasts that ease you through night-before excesses, the chefs at Academias Hotel have you covered! Celebrating in style at NYX Rooftop’s Japanese Fusion Gastrobar Amp up the celebratory mood with Holiday Spritzes and a ri...
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Christmas Afternoon Tea at the Hotel Grande Bretagne
Nothing spells an indulgent Christmas treat as high tea at the Hotel Grande Bretagne’s Winter Garden.This is where you come for a sensuously decadent break. During the holiday season, the Hotel Grande Bretagne is at its sparkliest best. Pamper yourself and treat friends and family to high tea with a three-tiered pastry trolley...
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Two Classic Greek Christmas Sweets
It’s not Christmas in Greece until the zacharoplasteia start piling mounds of melomakarona and kourabiedes. And it cleaves Greek society into two clans: those who prefer the crunchy intensity of melomakarona and those who swear by the ethereal, melt in the mouth, buttery bite of a kourabie. By Diana Farr Louis More traditional...
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