Sesame or Sunflower Seed Halva – Which one Would you Choose? There’s hardly anyone who would say sweets are not some of those things that make us happy! A typical example for something super tasty is halva(h) . In fact, back in time people associated it with am...
Allspice – Not Just a Simple Spice: 5 Health Benefits Pimenta dioica . No, that’s not the name of some super strange, mega exotic animation hero. It’s rather the name of a tree. In fact, it’s pimento dioica’s unripe fruits that bear the amazing allspice…...
9 Spices that Make Beans the Perfect Meal Whether you are cooking a bean soup or a stew, no matter if it’s a vegetable dish or made with meat, beans always taste amazing. In case this legume is not a weekly part of your menu, maybe it’s time ...
The Cream Diet: 4 Facts you (probably) Didn’t Expect Whipped cream diet … It passes belief, huh! However strange it may seem, it actually exists and might even act as a real diet . What do we mean? Well, specialists say that the cream diet can help you ...
All you Need to Know about Turkish Delight & its History It’s still rather disputable about where does Turkish delight come from. Although it carries the name of Turkey, there are a couple of theories that don’t really state it as a place of origin. Today y...
4 Astonishing Uses of Coca-Cola that you Can Do at Home! If you put every drop of Coca Cola ever produced into 8-ounce bottles and place them all next to each other, they could reach the moon and get back over 2,000 times. Did you know that? You can’t disag...
4 Things you Need to Know about Greek Metaxa Ever heard of Metaxa ? This drink not called ‘the flying brandy’ for no reason! Many of the ‘big players’ on the market may envy Metaxa’s place among the customers. We’ve prepared 4 curious things abo...
Burning Bay Leaves: What else Can Happen When You Do it? “Wishes can be written on bay leaves which are then burned to help them come true.” Oh, that’s only one of many, many other things this amazing herb is capable of! It’s truly a magical plant! If you d...
5 Mistakes Most People do when Using Extra Virgin Olive Oil You know Greece is all about olives and olive oil , right? And because our main focus here is on Greek products, we always have to say a little bit more about EVOO (extra virgin olive oil). If you are...
Live Healthy with Beans – 5 Different Types & Their Benefits Do you actually know how old food such as beans is? It turns out that these legumes have been cultivated long before the Incas! When it comes to beans’ spreading throughout Europe, there’s a belief th...
Eat healthy like a Greek – 5 Things from the Mediterranean Diet that you can start using today! Someone once said that eating like a Greek is not only healthy – it’s delicious ! True or not, the fact is that nowadays we live in a world where nutrition becomes more and more discussed. “Why is tha... health diet
5 Health benefits of Oregano that you (probably) didn’t know! Maybe it’s not a coincidence that the tiny little herb’s name in Ancient Greek means “mountain joy” . Once used as a symbol of happiness from the Ancient Greeks and Romans at weddings, the plant is on... health diet