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My Little Expat Kitchen
05.02.2025
A little while ago, I was invited by three fellow food bloggers, Vanessa , Nicole and Nancy , to participate in My 7 Links Project . I was ...
This is perhaps my longest blog post title ever, but I figure the occasion deserves it. I have been an avid reader of Saveur, one of the top...
• Macarons by Pierre Hermè Until about a month ago, this book was only available in French. As soon as it came out in English, I snatched ...
Yes, this is a food blog, but there are so many things that inspire me, that I can't help but wanting to share them with you. Who knows, per...
I can't believe it's been two years since I wrote these words . Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for joining me on this creative ga...
04.01.2025
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...
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 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...
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'...
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...
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...
• Pictured above are cape gooseberries . I found them at the market but didn't know what to do with them. I think I'll ...
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 ...
29.12.2024
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
Little fish, big fish, swimming in the water Inspiration is something so abstract, intangible and elusive; it comes and goes in t...
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...
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...
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 Dutch countryside is beautiful, even on a cloudy day. Grass, cows, trees, green in every shade, canals, farmhouses. We visited our fa...
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 ...
25.12.2024
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...
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...
For as long as I can remember, I disliked eggs, but then something inexplicable happened and my taste changed. I found myself craving eggs,...
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...
Some things don’t need introductions. They are as simple as they can be yet still incredibly beautiful and satisfying. When figs are...
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 ...
Winter favorites: kale, citrus, bread baking. Winter obsessions: purple curly kale, kumquats, homemade sourdough bread. I have a s...
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 ...
Succulent, plump summer tomatoes and eggplants. Good, firm, meaty tuna in olive oil. Lightly pickled, sweet and sour red onions. Fresh fla...
Whereas everyone seems to be making apple pies and pear tarts, I am making frozen bananas dipped in chocolate and covered in sprinkles, des...