Melomakarona, Christmas Cookies with Chocolate Nibs

Melomakarona are traditional Greek cookies, served during fasting period before Christmas and the following festivities.

Their name comes from honey, meli in Greek. Nobody can stop eating, especially if they are filled with chocolate!

Spice Cake with Olive Oil, Orange and Chocolate Drops

If you love “sweet” spices, this is a very fluffy, with spices and olive oil cake, no egges added, ideal for morning coffee or tea. This cake is delicious, because spices and orange make the difference! 

Spices can be dried aromatic leaves, seeds, fruits or roots.

We add then in food, sweets (cakes or marmalades), ice creams and liqueurs. 

Ancient medicine and botany books mention spices as very important drugs, ideal to treat various human diseases.