After a long, hot, relaxed summer, it’s back to school time. We’re back to our normal routine, perhaps quite reluctantly, perhaps not with the same enthusiasm we embrace our loose summer one. It’s fall, it’s here and apart from all these delicious recipes, there’s lots more to make you fall for the season over and over again. [READ MORE]
Today is a good day. For one, it’s Friday, which has been my favourite day ever since I was like 5. It’s also super sunny (for about a week now) and in London, this alone is a cause for celebration. As if these two were not hooray-worthy enough, there’s more: The Tasty Other has been nominated for Best Blog at the BHMA Gourmet Food Blog Awards. Wait, what?!? [READ MORE]
Of all the pulses out there, lentils are my least favourite. Actually, let me clarify: lentils, the way they are usually prepared in Greece -as a watery stew with onion and/or garlic, bay leaves and often times carrots- that’s one of my least favourite pulse dishes. I can’t bear it now, couldn’t bear it when I was living at my parents’ house and my mom would make her own variation, slightly thicker, with some chopped tomatoes and different spices and herbs thrown in the mix. I would overload my plate with vinegar, grab a fat slice of bread and reluctantly dig in hoping for the best. [READ MORE]
For someone that loves chocolate as much as I do (a lot!), the fact that hot chocolate leaves me quite indifferent is a little surprising. Every time I’m at a café with friends and one of them orders hot chocolate, I’m always shocked- of all the coffee and tea varieties available, why would you choose hot chocolate instead? [READ MORE]
This past Wednesday was a miserable, miserable day. It was raining for like eight hours straight. And the day was dark and blue and depressing and so was my mood. And then yesterday, it got warmer and a little sunny and the night was sweet enough to have drinks outside with two of my girls. That’s fall in London for you. And I’m embracing it all the way. [READ MORE]
It’s been a little over week since I’ve been back and I’m still struggling. I’m not worried though- it’s only part of my usual back-to-school drama, which I live out to the fullest, with frequent outbursts, cursing on the weather, the traffic, the boots and layers I now have to live in and everything else, really. [READ MORE]
Stone fruits are my go-to, especially towards the end of the summer. They’re not as striking as watermelon and melon, not even as fancy as grapes or figs. But they’re just as pretty, just as tasty and around late August, when I’ve had way way too much of the above, I start attacking peaches, nectarines and apricots. I prefer them when they’re just ripe, still holding a little bite and just the right amount of juice. [READ MORE]
This week is devoted to the last days of summer. It’s an homage of sorts to that glorious season and all its fresh and delicious vegetables, their colour and smells. This summer has truly been unforgettable: it was long and relaxing, filled with family, refreshing naps, layers of sunscreen, blinding sun, friends, weddings, so much laughter and lots of food. [READ MORE]
Spetzofai is one of my favourite summer dishes and probably the one I most enjoy eating at our summer house. It’s a very popular traditional quick summer stew of sorts, named after the word spetza, an alternative name for pepper, and the word food. The reason why we make it so often is probably because it contains two of the season’s most delicious produce, fresh tomatoes and sweet and crunchy green peppers, which our garden always has in abundance. The addition of sausage makes the tomato sauce even more flavourful and wholesome. [READ MORE]
I love our summer house more than words. I think it’s the prettiest place on earth and most of my happy childhood memories are from there. I’m also well aware that it’s not perfect; one of it’s imperfections is it’s oven: sure, it’s working, but only when it feels like it. And when it does, it’s temperamental and full of surprises. [READ MORE]