Today we are celebrating the Dormition of the Mother of God, Theotokos, and I want to share with you some
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Layered Eggplants and Zucchinis with spicy sauce, baked peppers and octopus
Some administrative tasks have grounded me today in Athens, Greece. My revenge to fate is the layered dish I present
Continue readingPissaladiere with smoked herring
Pissaladiere is a pizza-like dish of the South of France. Its name comes from the word pissalat (“salted fish”). It
Continue readingThorn of a bitter love – ακανθος πικρης αγαπης
«Oταν έχει τις πληγήν βαθείαν κρυφήν, εις την θάλασσαν πρέπει να πλέει, μόνος, ολομόναχος»! Ήτον απόλαυσις, όνειρον, θαύμα. Είχεν απομακρυνθεί
Continue readingSteamed green beans with boiled grouper head and Greek Mayonnaise
A couple of months ago, I posted a recipe for boiled grouper head with salad and vegetables, served with Greek
Continue readingVisit to Oreoi, North Evoia, Greece – May 2010
I was fortunate to visit my good cousin Kostas and his family in their summer house in Oreoi, North Evoia.
Continue readingPoeme electronique: The Phillips Pavilion in the 1958 Brussels World Fair
This post is about the joint work of three modern day geniuses: Le Corbusier, Edgard Varese, and Iannis Xenakis: Poeme
Continue readingIts almost summertime and the living gets easier – Εσκασε μυτη το καλοκαιρακι και η ζωη γινεται ευκολωτερη
Late May in Greece and the continuum of space and time is broken. You go to the beach and although the
Continue readingThe Monk of Cappadoccia – Part II
This is the second part of the story of Kostas T, a Monk in Cappadoccia. Part I ended when Elektra,
Continue readingPainter Valias Semertzides – Ο ζωγραφος Βαλιας Σεμερτζιδης
Σημερα τιμω τον οικογενειακο φιλο και μεγαλο ζωγραφο Βαλια Σεμερτζιδη. Σε μερες δυσκολες που παραδερνουμε και βολοδερνουμε, χωρις οραματα, χωρις
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