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Chocolate Melomakarona: Greek Chocolate & Honey Cookies

Imagine the delicious, traditional melomakarona in a rich chololate ganache coating – that’s what you’re getting with this amazing recipe by Greek celebrity Chef Giorgos Tsoulis. Related: 10 Delicious Greek Cookies...

Giorgos Tsoulis

November 7, 2023

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Kourabiedes: Greek Almond & Butter Cookies

Kourabiedes are one of the most popular Greek cookies and they are unmissable from the Christmas table. They could be described as almond snowball cookies since they contain almond flakes,...

Giorgos Tsoulis

November 7, 2023

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Homemade Christmas Tree Cookies with Vanilla

If you’re looking for some gorgeous and tasty cookies that scream Christmas, look no further. These buttery Christmas tree cookies by Chef Giorgos Tsoulis are easy to make and are...

Giorgos Tsoulis

November 7, 2023

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Chocolate Kourabiedes: Greek Chocolate Butter Cookies

Together with melomakarona, kourabiedes, also spelled kourambiedes, are the symbol of the Greek Christmas. They were considered the luxurious, upper-class Greek Christmas cookies as they require a lot of butter...

Giorgos Tsoulis

November 6, 2023

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Melomakarona: Greek Christmas Honey Cookies

Melomakarona are delicious, traditional Greek cookies with a very long history: they hail from Byzantine times and were originally made for funeral wakes. Sometime during medieval times, they got dunked...

Giorgos Tsoulis

November 6, 2023

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White Chocolate Mousse w/ Gingerbread

While Christmas is the happiest time of the year—gingerbread houses and ugly sweaters galore—unfortunately, the holiday season must always come to an end. So, if you miss those cozy vibes...

Razvan Stupar

February 14, 2023

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Chocolate and Almonds Biscotti

My holiday season is filled with cookies and small-sized sweets for snacking, usually because I don’t want to make too many cakes or cream-base desserts that spoil after a short...

Paula

December 8, 2022

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13 Austrian Christmas Foods You Must Try!

Austria’s snowy Alps and romantic Christmas markets make it the perfect place for a winter holiday. And given the cold temperatures during the festive season, it isn’t surprising that the...

Agnes Theresa

December 8, 2022

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33 Amazing Gingerbread House Ideas

Gingerbread houses are an irresistible Christmas tradition. Extravagant creations have long departed from the original inspiration – the witch’s cottage in the 200-year-old story Hansel and Gretel. Creations are ever...

Chef's Pencil Staff

December 6, 2022

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10 Unmissable Haitian Christmas Foods

The Christmas season in Haiti (which we like to call the tropical Christmas) is one of the seasons not to be missed. It is a season of sharing, good neighborliness,...

Shamma Geste

November 15, 2022

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16 Popular Dominican Christmas Foods

Christmas is one of the most anticipated holidays in the Dominican Republic. Christmas Eve dinner is that time of the year when Dominicans love to make different traditional dishes to...

Pablo Belliard

November 15, 2022

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10 Polish Christmas Cookies to Put on Your Bucket List

If you think you can only experience culinary heaven in France or Italy, come to Poland and prove yourself wrong. A country of hearty, filling meals and a homeland of...

Kateryna Pilyarchuck

November 15, 2022

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12 Popular Peruvian Christmas Foods

Peruvian food is incredibly tasty and has recently become very trendy at an international trendy, but what does Peruvian Christmas food look like? One surprising little fact is that Peruvians...

Raimon Colmenares

November 14, 2022

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8 Popular Christmas Dishes in Argentina

In Argentina, Christmas is celebrated at the beginning of summer. These are very hot days in almost the entire country, which you would think would mean light, cold, low-calorie dishes. ...

Kelly Taurizano

November 14, 2022

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15 Favorite Christmas Foods from Ecuador

Christmas represents a bumper period for the Ecuadorian travel and tourism industry, with thousands of people from the highlands flooding the popular coastal resort towns (good luck getting near an...

Victor Owens

November 8, 2022

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Christmas Food in Chile : A Mix of Northern and Local Traditions

Have you ever been to the Southern hemisphere for Christmas? For Europeans and North Americans, this is definitely an unusual experience, considering it’s summer down there. In Chile, for instance,...

Thomas Poussard

November 7, 2022

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20 Most Popular Salvadoran Christmas Foods

Christmas is, by far, the most eagerly anticipated celebration in El Salvador. People love to get together to enjoy each other’s company and the beautiful weather we usually have during...

Jeannette Vallejo

November 7, 2022

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Honduran Christmas Food: Traditional Holiday Dishes

Holiday traditions are important for Hondurans and food plays a very important role in every family. While traditional Honduran food is different among its many regions, when it comes to...

Maria Martinez

November 4, 2022

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15 Popular Indian Christmas Foods

Christians make up only 2.3% of India’s 1.4 billion population but have had a continued presence in the subcontinent from 52 A.D. when St. Thomas the Apostle came to the...

Mario Pradeep

November 4, 2022

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10 Favorite Serbian Christmas Cookies (Small Cakes)

The festive season is approaching in Serbia. The cold weather means there is little to do other than eat and drink together at home. Many will be wondering what dishes...

Dejan Matlak

November 2, 2022

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Top 10 Traditional Ethiopian Christmas Foods

Christmas is the most celebrated holiday in Ethiopia, when families gather to celebrate the day together and join in the Christmas preparations, bringing their own recipes for a special feast....

Rahel Getachew

November 2, 2022

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13 Popular Christmas Foods in Ghana

Christmas in Ghana is a huge festivity that brings family, both nuclear and extended, together to bond over tasty meals. The preparations for the festivities begin on Christmas Eve as...

Thaddaeus Amralo

October 30, 2022