It’s the holidays and many of us will soon be off on our travels. For those who can’t quite decide where to jet off to check out this month’s top ten list of the best Greek islands!
Wedding season is upon us and for those of you who might be thinking about holding your big day abroad – specifically in Greece! – then The Greek Wives Club has found the perfect wedding planning company for you in the form of Lefkas Weddings.
This month we featured THE SIFNOS CHRONICLES by Sharon Blomfield as our book of the month. Sharon kindly sent us a copy waaaay back in the summer and we loved every page! If you are fancy travelling back to Greece this winter then check out this book – a perfect stocking…
In our never-ending quest to find beautiful Greek jewellery, The Greek Wives Club recently stumbled across Melbourne based online boutique store BlueMATI. And we’ve been obsessed ever since! This mother and daughter team turned their passion and love for everything Greek into a hugely successful business, sourcing beautiful fashion pieces…
Graffiti is viewed by many as a destructive art form, favoured by yobs with nothing better to do than ruin a beautifully painted wall, statue or building with a spray can. However, some grafitti can reveal much about what is going on in the world and represent hidden meanings, emotions…
Designs from ancient Greece can be found all over the world, whether in fashion, beauty, interior design or architecture. The Greek Wives Club is always on the lookout for such designs and we were so excited to find them in Athens-based design brand Ploos Design.
This weekend is Greek Easter. The Greek Orthodox Easter dates tend to differ from Western Easters and are based on the Julian calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar. Greek Easter is always after the Jewish holiday of Passover and must be on the first Sunday after the first full moon…
Us Greeks can be found in every corner of the world and we are proud to affiliate ourselves with Hellenic organisations from both sides of the pond. Today the GWC would like to introduce our friends over at WindyCity Greek – a Chicago-based publication created to reconnect the Greek community, restore our pride,…
Greeks and Olives go hand in hand. A Greek salad is never complete without a generous handful of olives drenched in olive oil and sprinkled with oregano. So The Greek Wives Club is delighted to introduce to you all UK based company Oliveology run by the lovely Marianna.
Looking for a new Greek recipe book with extra bite? The Greek Wives Club is very proud to announce that our resident GWC food expert Krystina Kalapothakos recently published her first cookbook and we are holding a competition for one lucky reader to win a signed copy!
If you haven’t heard of her already, The Greek Wives Club would like to introduce the wonderfully talented author, writer and food blogger Effie Kammenou. With two highly acclaimed novels under her belt and a successful food blog, this Greek wife is a force to be reckoned with.
What do you mean you don’t eat NO GLUTEN?! That’s ok, with the help of Christiana Botziou aka The Gluten Free Greek, you can still enjoy your favourite MEAT dishes. Christiana has just set up her new gluten-free food blog which is packed with recipes, reviews and information on living…
This summer I decided to organise a bit of island hopping and tick off a few more ‘Must See’ places on my growing bucket list. It all started in my Greek (Cypriot) man’s homeland of Cyprus but I managed to steer him away from the delights of Nissi Beach and head…
My new book is a tale of myth and legend, in fact, it re-tells all the myths and legends of Ancient Greece…well, not quite all of them, but ALL the ones that matter! In my research, (yes believe it or not, my father wasn’t the sole source of my Greek…
So you’ve waxed your legs (or chest), treated yourself to a manicure, dolled out the euros/dollars/etc, and packed the suitcase. Now all that remains is the most important task of all: Downloading a whole new set of books onto your kindle. While I still prefer a nice, clean-smelling paperback, I…
[wpvideo NYWI8qQX] Besides eating, gossiping, and playing Tavli, Greeks love to dance. The Greek word for dance is Horos, khoros, chorosχορός and I have many memories from my childhood, hearing Greek relatives yell ‘Horepsi!’ to each other.
Today, the 25th March is Greek Independence Day. THIS. IS. GREEEEEECE!!! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKDwp9TQB68&w=560&h=315]
