Kefalonian Recipes

Fish has always been an important source of food for the Kefalonian diet. The codfish, rice and herb filling of this pie…

Tsigaridia is a vegetarian main course traditionally served in spring when the wild greens are at their peak. The wild greens (horta)…

Riganada was a traditional way of using up very stale bread by combining it with local ingredients. Nowadays we don’t often have…

Greek salad is a very popular every-day dish, easy to make and synonymous with Greek summer, usually served as a side dish or as part of a meze starter.

When you have tried home-made tzatziki you’ll never buy it ready-made again! With varying amounts of garlic this is a tasty addition…

This is an excellent dish for breakfast (although breakfast in Kefalonia is usually not so complicated!) and also makes an ideal lunch…

Kefalonia by Anna suggests… Pie making activities! Would you like to learn the secret of making the perfect Greek pie, have you…

Melomakarona and Kourabiedes are traditional desserts prepared primarily during the Christmas holiday season. Kourabiedes are sweet white buttery, crunchy cookies and Melomakarona…

The 25th of March is, for us the Greeks, a double celebration, both historical and religious, commemorating the start of the War of Greek Independence in 1821 as well as the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the Annunciation by archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would become the mother of Jesus, the Son of God.

The Kefalonian meat pie was traditionally cooked as a main course on Sundays or feast days mainly by the families that owned…

There’s nothing like old fashioned recipes to warm the soul and trigger the senses! I am in a procedure of finding local cookers…