a digital cookbook & cultural archive —
Traditional Greek
& Cypriot Recipes
Food, history, and culture preserved through storytelling.
Featured recipes from the archive
The dishes our grandparents would recognize — every one with its backstory and a place in our family table.

Kokkinistos Trahanas with Yogurt
Sour trahana simmered in a spicy tomato broth until creamy, served with cool Greek yogurt, boukovo and wild oregano — one humble food, countless traditions.
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Stuffed Horn Peppers
Horn peppers stuffed with feta, tomato, garlic and wild oregano, baked until soft and caramelised — an American ingredient that became a Greek kitchen staple.
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Saganaki with Grape Jam
Golden fried cheese, crisp outside and molten within, served with a slow-cooked grape jam brightened with lime — the taverna classic named after its little pan.
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Fava
Silky yellow split-pea purée crowned with caramelized onions and capers — a dish that survived the volcano that buried ancient Santorini.
Read the storyEvery dish carries a village inside it.
Some recipes are too important to be told as a list of ingredients. These are the dishes whose stories we'll never let go of.

Greece · Episode 01
Fasolada

Cyprus · Episode 02
Agrelia me ta Afka (Asparagus with Eggs)

Greece · Episode 03
Rhodian Meatballs

Greece · Episode 04
Kleftiko

Greece · Episode 05
Mavromatika (Greek Black-Eyed Peas)

Greece · Episode 06
Mavromatika · Part II (Greek Edition)

Greece · Episode 07
Dolmadakia Yialantzi

Greece · Episode 08
Vasilopita

Greece · Episode 09
Soutzoukakia Smyrneika

Greece · Episode 10
Loukoumades

Greece · Episode 11
Horiatiki (Greek Village Salad)

Greece · Episode 12
Rizogalo

Cyprus · Episode 13
Pourgouri

Greece · Episode 14
Kariokes

Cyprus · Episode 15
Afelia

Greece · Episode 16
Magiritsa

Greece · Episode 17
Red Mullet Savóro

Greece · Episode 18
Manti

Greece · Episode 19
Imam Bayildi

Greece · Episode 20
Psarokeftedes (Fish Cakes)

Greece · Episode 21
Corfiot Sofrito

Greece · Episode 22
Ladenia

Greece · Episode 23
Tzatziki

Greece · Episode 24
Gemista Orfana

Greece · Episode 25
Bekri Meze

Greece · Episode 26
Psari à la Spetsiota

Greece · Episode 27
Dakos

Greece · Episode 28
Keftedakia

Greece · Episode 29
Melopita

Greece · Episode 30
Hilopites with Sausages & Eggs

Greece · Episode 31
Fava

Greece · Episode 32
Saganaki with Grape Jam

Greece · Episode 33
Stuffed Horn Peppers

Greece · Episode 34
Kokkinistos Trahanas with Yogurt
Recipe categories
coming soon —
Aphrodite's Roots
We're starting with one ingredient. The wild oregano we cook with every day — picked by hand from the hills of Cyprus, dried slowly in the shade, packed into small 40g pouches. The rigani that perfumes every plate in this archive.
See the first batch
first batch —
Wild Mountain Oregano
"IcookGreek was created to preserve and share the flavors, stories, and traditions of Greek and Cypriot cuisine through modern storytelling."

