Vivian Is Cooking Diary – Week of 29 August 2026

A little late with this week’s diary — life has been rather busy! But that certainly didn’t stop me from cooking and baking. ❤️

The week of 29 August was another full one in my kitchen, with lots of comforting food, family favourites and a few special treats.

🍽️ What I cooked & baked...

Vivian Is Cooking Diary – Week of 22 August 2026

As summer is slowly coming to an end, my kitchen has been making the most of the last of the summer flavours, especially fresh basil! It was another busy and very well-appreciated week, with plenty of homemade food, a few Greek favourites and some reliable baking recipes.

🍽️ What I cooked...

Vivian Is Cooking Diary – Week of 15 August 2026

Welcome to my first Vivian Is Cooking Diary! ❤️ This week was a delicious mix of Greek favourites, homemade bread, baking and a few new recipes I wanted to try. Hope that they will inspire your own home cooking!

🍽️ What I cooked...

A New Chapter for My Cooking Blog: Welcome to My Cooking Diary

After 13 years of sharing recipes and three Cookbooks published this year in Amazon wordwide, I’m giving the blog a little new twist! ❤️

I’ll still be sharing recipes, but I also want to show you more of what actually happens in my kitchen — the meals I cook, things I bake, old favourites, little experiments and dishes inspired by my cookbooks.

So I’m starting Vivian Is Cooking Diary, where I’ll share a glimpse of what I’ve been cooking each week, with photos and links to recipes from the blog whenever I have them.

And of course, I’ll be sharing dishes from my two cookbooks published this year:

📖 Vivian is Cooking GREEK — English & French
📖 Vivian is Cooking BAKING — English

Both are available worldwide through Amazon.

Less pressure to create a brand-new recipe every time, and more real food from my kitchen to yours. ❤️

Welcome to the new chapter!

Vivian

My Greek Cookbook — English, French, new Formats & Shop Updates!

I’m excited to share that my Greek cooking book is now available on Amazon in English and in French, in paperback, hardcover, and Kindle editions! 📖✨

You can choose the format you love most — from a practical kitchen copy to a beautiful hardcover to offer or a digital version for cooking anywhere.

My Etsy shop is also growing, with more digital products inspired by my recipes and Mediterranean cooking:

• Printable Greek recipe cards and bundles
• Digital recipe downloads
• Cooking-inspired Mediterranean art prints

These are designed to make cooking simple, beautiful, and authentic, whether for everyday meals or special occasions.

If you’d like to support my work, you can share the news, try a recipe, or leave a review on Amazon or Etsy — it truly helps!

And a little preview… I’m already working on my next book:
“Vivian is Cooking Baking Stunning Cakes!” 🎂

Thank you for being part of this journey — from blog to Etsy to Amazon.

Kali orexi!
Vivian (Paraskevi)

Save Time in the Kitchen: Smart Cooking Tips

Some days, cooking feels like it takes more time than we actually have. Over the years, I’ve learned that a few simple habits and tools can make everyday cooking much faster and easier — without sacrificing healthy, homemade meals. Here are some of my favorite time-saving kitchen tips.

My first book !

Happy birthday to me!!!

You won't believe what I got as a birthday gift (which was yesterday btw :) ...
my blog printed as a book !!!
If that is not a cooool gift ever ...
It's been a long time that I wanted to do such a thing but it takes so much time editing a book that I was always postponing it.
And my dear hubby did it for me!!!

You cannot imagine my emotions ....

My dear, it's a precious gift, those five years of my (our !) life through cooking and baking in a stylish book. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking all those long hours to do such a thing for me that you kept top secret with kids ...

Have a look at it... isn't it gorgeous??? and it's even better in real :P