Our cookbook of the week is My Cypriot Table by Oakville, Ont.-based author Irene Matys.

Bake for 40 minutes or until the bread is golden. Cool in the tin for 1 hour, then turn out and slice to serve. Store in an airtight container at room temperature up to 3 days.

This traditional Turkish-Cypriot village bread can be used as a decadent accompaniment to main meals or as a tasty twist on breakfast toast. “This amazingly fragrant bread is commonly baked in Tukrish ...

Serve the soup in large bowls with crusty bread and lemon wedges My aromatic Cypriot Village Sesame Bread, with mastic gum and mehlepi is a delicious bread, easy to make, light, fluffy ...

This traditional Cypriot recipe for Easter bread involves two hours of preparation, but you can lighten the workload by asking friends or family to help. There’s enough for 50 pieces – more ...

Tahinopita is a Cypriot sweet bread, not dissimilar to a cinnamon bun, but with sweetened cinnamon tahini laced in the swirl instead of butter. They can be found in bakeries all over Cyprus most ...

Well, if the bread you were looking at was Ploumisto Psomi, the frog would be a good omen. In Cyprus, decorated breads have always had deep cultural and spiritual significance. And every design ...