Hello and welcome to my cookbook!!

Let me start by saying a huge thank you for welcoming me into your kitchen - it means the world. I’m really excited to be sharing these recipes with you. Even though it’s a rather small selection, the recipes are diverse for their ingredients, complexity and flavour. The basis for this is that I get really curious about the taste profiles of the ingredients and love to play around with them, especially seeing how these get translated into dishes.

My aim, therefore, is to inspire you to create your own versions of the recipes and challenge you to experiment with interesting combinations to create something unique in your kitchen... and if you fancy sharing them with me, please do so at chriiis+cookbook@hey.com.

The recipes of this book have been inspired through many sources. These vary from videos on YouTube, recipe books, recipes from previous generations - and all of them with a twist. More fascinatingly, a few of them were totally impromptu - I’ll let you guess which ones they are!

Why this cookbook? #

I haven’t decided yet with certainty when or let alone if I will ever write another cookbook, but the main reason for putting together recipes will always be the same. Let me explain. Ever since I learned how to cook homemade foods and realised the joy it brings me and how it uplifts my mood, I’ve wanted to get more people involved with cooking. It’s my go-to type of gathering and probably the first questions I get whenever I’m back in Cyprus with my friends and family go something along the lines of ‘when are we cooking those burgers again?’ or ‘I miss that time we cooked your pizza during the summer’. It’s no secret that one of my greatest joys in life is to create memories with my friends and family while cooking and being around the table. Few things make me happier than their smiles when they’re enjoying a good meal! What I’m trying to say is that I truly believe that food brings people together and hopefully this book can help you create more amazing memories with your people!

I hope you’ll enjoy it 😊