This picture is of one of my favorite ovens EVER! This charming dome structure which was probably built sometime in the late 1930’s was the primary bread baking oven for my mother’s family. My mother’s family emigrated from Crete, Greece around the 1900’s and eventually landed in Manteca, CA where they purchased forty [...]
Christos Anesti or Happy Greek Easter every one! Bellow is a picture of Tsoureki- a traditional greek easter bread.
There’s a Greek cookie I love called Melomakarona. For reasons I’m sure you can all figure out, I have a heck of a time pronouncing it! Every time I try to order one at a Greek festival I either point, or start the word and stumble on the ending with the hopes that the [...]
