Flying Pig Tavern and Tap Room: Much more than just an ordinary tavern
By Jimmy P, Special to the Hellenic News of America
The Flying Pig opened recently on the site of the former Irish Pub. The new...
An essence of the sea
The sea has fascinated imagination since the beginning of human time. The sea figures significantly in the belief systems of cultures. Perhaps part of...
Greece in the Culinary Olympics!
Greece's participation in the Culinary Olympics of Russia, last week, won the intense interest of the Russian public in the internationally renowned Greek Mediterranean...
Honey: by appointment to Olympus
“Something new... honey ... perfumed with a flavor that drove the senses wild with pleasure. It seemed to Hera that when she took a...
Tarpon Springs Greek pride
Fifty-two young men of Tarpon Springs, Florida, identically clad in white T-shirt and shorts, had just sprung from boats into Spring Bayou. Following age-old...
Ο Ντίνος the aromas of Tinos
Gianakis Bay gleamed in the afternoon sun on Tinos Island as I entered the bay front Ο Ντίνος Taverna. As is so common in...
Grecian Delight | Kronos Foods launch integrated website
Grecian Delight | Kronos Foods, a premier provider of global cuisine to the foodservice and retail channels, announced the integration of their websites now...
Study Shows Extra Virgin Olive Oil Helps Deter Alzheimer’s
By Lisa Radinovsky
The first study to use human volunteers to test the ability of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) to delay the onset of...
The Year in Review: The Greek Olive Oil World in 2020
By Lisa Radinovsky
For much of the Greek olive oil sector in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic provoked the perseverance required to meet challenges and achieve...
Tripping over Pyrgos on Santorini
When I first saw Pyrgos in 2014 it was late afternoon through swirling fog rolling up 700-foot-high cliffs. The mist hugged the low flat...
Tinos Food Paths: preserving heritage
The whole idea behind Tinos Food Paths, Giorgos says, is “to keep the chain of knowledge alive from one generation to another.”
Soft spoken, young...
Women in Olive Oil: New Group Becomes a Global Movement
In April 2020, Jill Myers founded Women in Olive Oil (WIOO), starting with a small Facebook group that expanded globally in just a few...
Marathia on Tinos: traditional or avant garde?
Marathia Restaurant on Tinos Island aptly proves the superlatives you have heard on the creativity of Greek cuisine and the uncompromising beauty of Cyclades...
Pomegranate, Ermioni, youth intertwined
"Surely Love is a wonderful thing. Pearls and pomegranate cannot buy it...” ~ Oscar Wilde
It’s appropriate that an ancient fruit should have a close...
Silk Road cuisine in the Pella Region
“We think of globalization as a uniquely modern phenomenon; yet 2,000 years ago too, it was a fact of life...” ― Peter Frankopan, The Silk...