Hot summer days and nights make for the need for meals that come together in a flash. Not to mention, when hunger strikes and you just do not feel like heating up your house with cooking, having ingredients prepped ahead of time can make all the difference. Enter these fruit + grain yogurt bowls. Light… Read more
The other day on an Instagram post that I shared, I spoke a little bit about the difficulty I have often felt in creating since moving to Greece. The recipes, blog posts and photographs that I have shared so far from our village have not all come easy, in fact, most of them have been… Read more
Every day of my life here in Greece I feel like I am discovering a whole new world, eyes wide open, I live each day in search of inspiration from my surroundings. It seems like every week something new is coming into season which leaves me in a continual state of discovery. These discoveries combined… Read more
This recipe is very similar to something I shared on the blog a couple of years ago, but this latest reiteration was too good not to share with you guys! Tomato garlic confit is a warm weather staple in our house, it is super versatile and so simple to pull together. I found these really… Read more
One of our very favorite ways to eat apricots back in America was with mascarpone, honey and mint, so as soon as I saw the apricots and cherries start to ripen here on the island, I immediately looked for a way for us to enjoy that beloved seasonal meal once again and that is how… Read more
The traditional flavors of Greece have been my biggest source of inspiration as of late. Rosewater, mastiha and mahlepi may not be flavors that come to your mind when you think of Greece, because generally speaking, the Greek cuisine has not been fully experienced by the rest of the world, for reasons that are too… Read more
The seasons have always been a huge source of inspiration for me. When summer fades to autumn, or when winter warms into spring, these transitions are one of the most exciting times of the year. For it is during these shifts in our surroundings that I find my mind is the most inspired, bursting with… Read more
In the days preceding our move to Greece from America, I was on the phone with a friend and he suggested that I should start a journal to chronicle my thoughts and experiences surrounding our new life in Greece. Right when he said that, everything inside me knew that he was right. From here on… Read more
