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My Little Expat Kitchen
04.01.2025
I have been living in Holland for five years and three months now—man, that seems like a long time—and yet I'm still discovering its treasu...
Since we all managed to survive the Mayan apocalypse and we're still alive, let's enjoy our holidays now, okay? For me, the holida...
I was in the mood to make something with my hands. To create something out of nothing, not unlike a painter working on a blank canvas. I ne...
If you've ever found yourself walking the streets of Athens on an early morning, then you might have happened upon a vendor selling the fa...
The last few days have been calm, filled with sunlight, walks around the city, yellow and purple autumn leaves that get stuck under the hee...
We were in Belgium this past weekend and we visited Ghent for the first time. Ghent, a medieval town in the north-west of the Flemish reg...
Today, I made the most beautiful loaf of bread. If it was possible for someone to fall in love with bread, I would be in love with ...
I love the color green. It calms me, much like blue calms others. It always catches my eye, everywhere. Especially in nature. Holland is a v...
What a difference a week makes. Last week it was cold, dark and raining almost every day and now the sun is shining, with the occasional ra...
This past week, we have been traveling a lot around the Netherlands and we're planning on traveling even more the next couple of weeks. We'...
• Pictured above are cape gooseberries . I found them at the market but didn't know what to do with them. I think I'll ...
29.12.2024
Sometimes I need to be reminded of the simple things; to stop and let the sun shine on my face, be alert, not let any chance pass me by, be...
The clocks went back an hour. The days are short now and I can feel the winter approaching. The temperature keeps dropping and the rain is ...
I didn’t want to complain about the weather. Not again. But I can’t help it when it’s so incredibly cold outside. I used to think I enjoyed...
Little fish, big fish, swimming in the water Inspiration is something so abstract, intangible and elusive; it comes and goes in t...
The Dutch countryside is beautiful, even on a cloudy day. Grass, cows, trees, green in every shade, canals, farmhouses. We visited our fa...
It feels like I have been back in Holland for months yet it’s only been ten days. It’s weird how perception of time changes as soon as you ...
Hello, friends. And Christos Anesti to all my fellow Greeks. Orthodox Easter came and went and all I can say is that I ate more ...
I returned to Holland a week ago but my mind is still back home in Greece. I had such a wonderful time, seeing my family and all my friends...
I love the fact that it is still light out at 19:30. The days are getting so much longer here and natural light is back for good. This mean...
Today, I made this loaf. I haven’t shared my sources of inspiration in a while, since March 2013 to be exact, so let’s kick it of...
The sky is bluer than you can possibly imagine; and so is the sea . The sun is shining bright on your face, arms, legs. Walking down the s...
I have no idea how I can successfully catch a cold, which of course develops into a full-fledged flu, the worst possible time when I’m incr...
As I’m trying to get back into the swing of things after my return to the Netherlands a few days ago, I want to share with you this trip’s ...
25.12.2024
Winter favorites: kale, citrus, bread baking. Winter obsessions: purple curly kale, kumquats, homemade sourdough bread. I have a s...
For as long as I can remember, I disliked eggs, but then something inexplicable happened and my taste changed. I found myself craving eggs,...
Last Tuesday was my name day and we had way too many watermelon and cantaloupe daiquiris , splurged on good sushi and ate one of the best ...
S and I have been into some sort of hibernation mode these days. We’ve been staying in most weekends, watching tv series and movies (we fi...
As I’m sitting in front of my computer writing these words, I can hear S upstairs playing his guitar. He's improvising, working on a track....
Sometimes I feel like I’m cheating on this blog and on my readers with instagram . It’s like I’m leading a double life. The ease with which...
Hello friends, I didn’t mean to stay away for this long but since we last spoke, I have been doing some recuperating. And I also have been ...
Succulent, plump summer tomatoes and eggplants. Good, firm, meaty tuna in olive oil. Lightly pickled, sweet and sour red onions. Fresh fla...
One of the simplest ways to use preserved lemons that you’ve made (or bought) is on toast. On Sunday, I once again made sourdough...
Some things don’t need introductions. They are as simple as they can be yet still incredibly beautiful and satisfying. When figs are...
My rhubarb adventures continue. This time, with a savory dish; pan-fried, crispy-skinned mackerel with fresh rosemary and capers, and roas...
These past few days, I feel like I’m melting from the heat. It’s 37°C in The Hague! This is the Netherlands, temperatures like these aren’t...
The last ten or so days have been incredibly busy with work and personal stuff and as a result I haven’t been able to share many things he...
Sometimes I get in a rut with what I eat for lunch or as a snack. Even though there’s plenty of inspiration around me, I always end up hav...
I didn’t grow up eating rhubarb, it’s one of those vegetables I discovered later in life, four years ago to be exact, here in the Netherla...
Whereas everyone seems to be making apple pies and pear tarts, I am making frozen bananas dipped in chocolate and covered in sprinkles, des...