Greek cuisine

Father of medicine Hippocrates said “let food be thy medicine” more than 2,400 years ago. One’s immune system needs natural food to produce internal medicine to keep us healthy. Greek cuisine, natural and unprocessed, is the basis of the...

Greece has always been among the most popular holiday destinations worldwide. Especially its numerous amazing islands, filled with an abundance of visitors each year, who enjoy the crystal-clear beaches, sunny mornings, wandering around the island, and of course, the delicious...

In June this year, a new "museum" joined the rich roster of cultural institutions in Athens, Greece, and is the first dedicated to Greek gastronomy. As culinarybackstreets.com reveals, the young founders of this unique center have chosen an unlikely subject...

Australia’s annual Greek cuisine festival in Melbourne will be filled with various events that will take place in the city’s most famous Greek restaurants. For the third consecutive year, “Flavours of Greece” festival will present to residents of Melbourne the unique flavors...

Approximately 1.5 million people attended this year's Greek taste festival in Danforth, a Toronto road with many Greek businesses and especially restaurants. Residents of Toronto and the surrounding areas came to the Danforth to taste traditional Greek dishes and participate in the Greek "glenti", which...

The Greeks of Danforth Avenue in Toronto are preparing for the 21st “Taste of the Danforth” Festival, the largest street festival in Canada which will be held August 8-10. During the festival, visitors will have the chance to take part...

A group of persistent, methodical Greeks with substantial knowledge of Greek food, Greek products and the conditions of modern marketing, have managed to create a steadily growing market for Greek gastronomy in London in an attempt to make it a...

There are some Greek cuisine recipes that are strongly associated with summertime as they are quick, light and easy to make. These dishes are ideal for a meal in the yard, with view of the sea, accompanied with ouzo. Stuffed Tomatoes...

The Greek salad (choriatiki salata) is a favorite dish of Greeks and tourists. Made with tomato pieces, sliced cucumber, onion, feta cheese and olives, it combines all the traditional flavors of Greece. However,  the Greek salad is not the only traditional salad of the country, as...

The Real Greek restaurant has created a food portrait of Queen Elizabeth II for the occasion of her official birthday and the opening of a new branch in Windsor.  The food artist Nathan Wyburn was working for four hours to complete...