Katerina's Kouzina - Authentic Greek Recipes and more

The Magic of the Return: When Guests Become Family

At the Odyssey, we have a secret belief: we don’t just offer a place to stay; we offer a place to become.

There is a unique kind of joy that fills our farm when the season begins, but nothing compares to the feeling of welcoming back familiar faces. This year, we are absolutely thrilled to welcome back two incredible women who have become part of the very fabric of the Odyssey family: Natasa and Leanna.

From the Sea to the Plate: Or how a school study ends up at the Poros Fish Market with a LaLeRi

The blue waters of the Saronic are changing, and our local community is taking action. Last week, the Poros Fish Market was transformed into a vibrant hub of flavor and environmental education.

LALERI: More Than a Festival, It’s the Soul of Poros - Trizinia - Methana Forged in Fire and Flavour (1000-Word Reflection)

Greetings, dear friends, from my kitchen—which is also the heart of the LALERI Festival!

The dust has settled, the last of the beautiful chaos has cleared, and I’m sitting here at Odyssey Farm, looking out at the sea, still vibrating with the energy of the past weekend. As the founder and organizer of the inaugural Laleri Festival, I am bursting with pride, exhaustion, and fresh inspiration. This wasn't just an event; it was the realization of a years-long dream: to build a bridge—a delicious, aromatic bridge—connecting the unique geological soul of Poros, Trizinia, and Methana to the rest of the world through our incredible gastronomy.

The LALERI Food Festival Expands to a Three-Day Culinary Celebration!

Hello, my dear food lovers!

I'm incredibly happy to share all the details for the LALERI Food Festival! This celebration is inspired by the very heart of authentic Greek flavor and the incredible local treasures of our land.

As you know, katerinaskouzina.com is dedicated to authentic cuisine, pure ingredients, and promoting local identity. This passion is coming to life in a grand, three-day festival focusing on the stunning region of Poros, Troizinia, and Methana.

Our central inspiration? The powerful blend of Ladolemono with Rigani (Oil-Lemon Dressing with Oregano)! This explosive mix is born from the famous lemons of the Lemon Forest, the exceptional Troizinia olive oil, and the unique Methana oregano.

A chocolate for Valentine's Day at Odyssey

The stray animal challenge in Galatas and how a chocolate will help.
This year we are not going to give you a recipe for making your own chocolate. We have done that in the past and you can find them valentine - chocolate - feta - balls and chocolates and greek valentine chocolates. We will give you the chance to come and get a chocolate from Galatas (and Poros) for a small donation and all the money will go to the Poros Animal Welfare Society (Paws). Because at Valentines day we celebrate love! And taking care!

St. Valentine and Greek Coffee

What is love?
Love is sharing. Love is trusting.
St. Valentine was not known in the old days in Greece. Couples were showing their love with everyday little acts and habits and one of them was drinking their Greek coffee from the same cup. I remember...

The Goat of Methana

Being given the opportunity to show your talent and turn traditional recipes into gourmet dishes is a challenge!!
Goat is a characteristic animal of our region that can survive in our rough mountains with great adaptive abilities, and that is why the race in the mountains of Methana was dedicated to this precious animal in terms of sport and gastronomy.

Our famous Cheesecake recipe

For years now Katerinas Cheesecake recipe has been famous amongst our guests. It is actually that notorious that Katerina decided to adopt 7 male admirers of her cheesecake. She gave them her nickname "My cheesecake boys". This group of young men, with a slight 'nerdous' character, have now been coming to Odyssey for the past 10 years, and yes they keep coming back for the cheesecake every year.

Merry Christmas!

I, the entire Odyssey family and the team of Katerina’s Kouzina wish you a very Merry Christmas! We want to let you know that due to health reasons of one of the team members of Katerina’s Kouzina, we are not able right now to continue with the (Christmas) blogs. We hope to publish new blogs...

A Little Christmas Story

‘Twas the night before Christmas…. …and it had snowed so hard you had to get your snow boots on to go anywhere… Reindeers danced through the forests, excited about the upcoming Christmas… …Of course Santa was very busy flying all over the world to deliver his gifts on time… Sometimes Santa wished he could take a...

Greek Easter in times of Corona

A few years ago my friends and I were making plans for them to return to Poros. I suggested they come for the Greek Easter celebration in 2021. I explained that I thought it would be the nicest Easter ever, because it would be late in the season (May 2nd) and therefore almost Summer, so we could dance and have fun on...

Valentine chocolate-feta balls of Vessala pastry shop

This Sunday will be Valentine’s Day and we will celebrate love. What better way to celebrate than with delicious chocolates! In Poros-town we have the perfect place to find such chocolate: The Vessala pastry shop. This is one of the culinary places you have to visit when you come to Poros, maybe by yourself or...

Odyssey Farm Eco-Glamping

I had a dream of creating a new beautiful place, where friends and guests could stay and we all enjoy the Greek lifestyle together. Now this dream has become a reality: we opened the Odyssey Farm Eco-Glamping! On our family land you can sleep in between our olive and lemon trees in our stylishly decorated...

Katerina’s Kouzina at home; prints and printed products

Greece has been out of reach for many people this year, as it has been for me. I am Annette Spaan, the stylist and food photographer of Katerina’s Kouzina. I don’t know about you, but my mind quite often wanders off to Greece’s turquoise-blue waters, eating a Greek salad at a seaside taverna and strolling...

Odyssey’s Hiking Holidays

I am Judith Vinkesteijn from the Netherlands and I am very excited to share with you that in cooperation with Odyssey, I will start hosting our brand-new hiking holidays in 2021! I will tell you all about it on this blog and hope you feel inspired to join us, so we can enjoy Poros and...

Odyssey in times of Corona part 2

Right now the summer season of 2020 is ending. A summer that I have never experienced before and hopefully will never experience again. Basically nothing went as planned, or expected, at the beginning of the year. I would like to share what happened; how Corona has affected the Odyssey and why it has been more...

The goats of Poros

According to a recent study conducted by the European Union’s statistics authority Eurostat, Greece is the clear EU champion — in regard to the number of goats, that is. More specifically, according to the European Union’s Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries report of 2019, Greece comes first in the entire Union, having approximately 3,625,000 goats living...

Odyssey Picnics on Poros

This year Odyssey celebrates 25 years of laughter and happiness, hard work and joy, hugs and kisses, as a happy and busy family. During all those years we have had the luck to meet wonderful guests and get to know nice and interesting people. We loved doing things with them, like organise parties, heavenly dinners,...

Katerina’s Top 5 Things To Do On Poros

One of my friends recently called me from America and told me about her dream, in which she was back on Poros. When she woke up she could not remember much, but having ‘been’ on Poros made her day and made her smile the entire time. I realized how powerful memories of our holidays are...

Odyssey in times of Corona

In a short time all of our lives have been turned upside down because of Corona virus. Our daily programmes have dramatically changed; we are trying to cope with this new reality and nobody can tell what the near future is going to bring. Every day we hear something new that we did not think...