My name is Nick Vujicic (pronounced Voy-a-chich). I am twenty-seven years old. I was born without any limbs, but I…
Change your mind, by George Bernarn Shaw
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. George Bernard Shaw
Hide your wisdom, by Aeschylus
It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish. Aeschylus
Words and deeds, by Pindar
Words have a longer life than deeds. Pindar
Priorities…, Bertolt Brecht
From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first. Bertolt Brecht
Wild boar casserole with onions
Ingredients: 2 kg wild boar 2 kg small onions 4 onions 1 cup red wine Allspice Bay leaves Salt and…
Meatballs mit rice (Giouvarlakia soupa)
Ingredients: 1/2 kg minced beef 1/2 kg minced pork 1/3 cup of white rice 2 chopped onions 1 egg 1…
Lamb with okra
Ingredients: 1 kg lamb 1 kg okra Some vinegar 1/2 cup olive oil 1 kg chopped tomatoes 2 onions 1…
“The 13 1/2 Lives Of Captain Bluebear”, by Walter Moers
“The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear” (original title in German: “Die 13 1/2 Leben des Kapt’n Blaubar”). That’s a…
“Divergent”, by Veronica Roth
Beatrice Prior must have turned sixteen. She doesn’t know when exactly, because Abnegation, the faction her family belongs, does not…
“Catching Fire”, by Susan Collins
Few months ago Suzanne Collins left us speechless with the first book of the Hunger Games series. Back then, July…
“Hunger Games”, by Suzanne Collins
Many stories begin with a phrase like “a long time ago, long ago, so long ago that no one can…
Be yourself, don’t listen to what they say ;)
You eat, you are fat. You don’t eat, you are a freak. You drink, you are an alcoholic. You don’t drink,…
Einstein’s advice to his son: the secret to learn anything!
I am very pleased that you find joy with the piano. This and carpentry are in my opinion for your…
Octopus casserole with wine and onions
Ingredients: 1 kg octopus frozen 2 onions 1 cup white wine Olive oil Salt and pepper Directions: We wash and…
The best, by Frank Zappa
Information is not knowledge Knowledge is not wisdom Wisdom is not truth Truth is not beauty Beauty is not love…
Serious things, by Werner Heisenberg
There are things that are so serious that you can only joke about them. Werner Heisenberg
Together… alone, by Albert Schweitzer
We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness. Albert Schweitzer
Mocha Ice Cream (easy recipe)
Ingredients: one can sweetened condensed milk (397 gr) one can evaporated milk (410 gr) one can vegetable fat whipping cream…
“Fifty Shades of Feminism”, by Lisa Appignanesi, Susie Orbach, Rachel Holmes
“Fifty Shades of Grey” by E L James is about the relationship of a student with a young entrepreneur and…
Gemista ladera (Tomatoes and Peppers Stuffed with rice)
Ingredients: 6 medium tomatoes 6 medium green peppers For the mixture: 1 1/2 cup rice 2 medium onions, finely chopped…
Sfouggato (Omelette)
Ingredients: 1/2 kg potatoes 8 eggs Salt, pepper Lot of olive oil Method: Shell the potatoes and cut the into…
Sfoyggato (Sfouggato)
Ingredients: 4 – 5 eggs 1 onion cut in small pieces spearmint salt – pepper 3 spoonfuls flour grated cheese…
Peppers stuffed with cheese (diet)
Ingredients: 6 green peppers (big) 300 gr. traditional greek cream cheese (anthotiro) 2 teaspoons onion cut in multi 2 teaspoons…
Sweet Mosaic
Ingredients: Biscotti cookies (3 packages) Cocoa powder (4 heaping Tbs) Vanilla powder (1 tsp) Powdered sugar (200 grams) Brandy (a…
Ravani (Revani) of Veroia (traditional greek sponge cake)
Ingredients: for the sponge cake 2 1/2 cups fine semolina 2 1/2 cups cake flour 2 1/2 cups sugar 16…
Mastic biscuits for tea
Ingredients: 700 gr. flour 350 gr. sugar 150 gr. milk 2 eggs 2 big spoonfuls butter ammonia and mastic Method:…
Strawberry light ice cream or milk shake
Ingredients: 1 cup powdered milk (regilait) 6 tablespoons aspartame (or a different sugar substitute) 1 1/2 cup of water 1…
Shortcakes with Ouzo
Ingredients: 3 eggs 1 3/4 glasses sugar 1 glass oil 1 glass milk 1 spoonful soda 1 spoonful aniseed 1…
Creme caramel with mastic of Chios
Ingredients for the creme: 1 lt milk 9 eggs 300 gr. sugar 15 gr. mastic for the caramel: 250 gr.…
How to Make a Double Boiler (Bain Marie)
We use the bain marie technique (double boiler) when we want to melt chocolate. Chocolate is sensitive to heat and…
Roasted Anchovies with Tomatoes
Ingredients: 2 kgr anchovies 6 tomatoes 4-6 garlic cloves olive oil salt pepper oregano Method: Wash and clean well the…
Banana Smoothie
Ingredients 2 cups of milk 2 bananas 1 teaspoon honey 1 teaspoon strain Method We peel and clean the bananas…
Vasso’s Applepie (extremely famous)
Ingredients: 7 red apples 1 glass brown sugar 1/2 glass honey 1 glass Italian Grappa 250 gr. blonde raisins 10…
How to cook pasta
The basic rule when you cook spaghetti and pasta in general, is to put 1 lt of water for every…
“City of Bones”, by Cassandra Clare
Fifteen year old Clary Fray and her best friend Simon, are among dozens of people who want to enter Pandemonium…
“Twilight”, by Stephenie Meyer
Twilight was published in 2005 in English and it was called a phenomenon. With Twilight we were introduced to Stephenie…
“1984”, by George Orwell
If I had to let all my books go and keep just one, then, George Orwell’s “1984” would be a…
Greek salad (village salad)
Ingredients: 4 tomatoes 1 cucumber 1 onion 1 green pepper a little caper olives Feta cheese oregano salt Olive oil…
Chickpeas soup
Ingredients: 1/2 kg chickpeas 4 big onions Oregano Olive oil Salt Directions: We cut the onions in square pieces. In…
Tailand (Thailand)
A Boeing 747 of Thai Airways was in the airport, waiting to take us to one of the most popular…