Greetings everybody, it’s the end of February but and that alone is cause for some celebration. Spring is near…I can feel it! Trata Estiatorio, a fine Greek eatery in New York with three locations celebrates “Apokries” or Greek Carnival on Saturday, Feb. 28th. Podcast interview with chef Michael Psilakis, part-owner of Manhattan hotspots Anthos and [...]
Recipe update: Original post appeared back in October of 2007, within my first year of blogging. The photos back then weren’t as kind to the delicious dishes I’ve always served up for you, my readers. Tonight I finished off the last of the most recent batch of Stuffed Peppers. This recipe comes from my mom, [...]
A few days ago, I had posted a rare dessert recipe which called for using up leftover Melomakarona to make a cheesecake. One commenter observed that I don’t make desserts often but when I do…I go BIG! I think it’s safe to say most Greek families are more reserved when it comes to desserts. Oh, [...]
Last year during my vacation in Greece, I was fortunate enough to be given tours of three different wineries…a small one, a medium-sized operation and a large, internationally established brand. Today, I’m going to showcase the small operation, Pavlou Estate. The Pavlou Estate Winery is located in the Greek province of Macedonia, northwest of Thessaloniki. [...]
Here in Toronto, I visit our Greektown (locally known as The Danforth) at least once a month. One of the reasons I head down there is to pick up the monthly edition of Gastronomos (included in Kathermerini). Gastronomos keeps me posted on new developments in Greek cookery and the issue is always good for resurrecting [...]
With the new blog address comes some new dimensions to the posts I’ll be writing. This entry introduces a regular feature where I bring headlines about Greek food, food in general and anything else that’s at the top of my mind at the moment. I will regularly post bulletins with links to the article or [...]
Today in Greece, it’s one of the biggest celebrations of food, it’s  “Tsiknopempti” or literally, “burnt Thursday”. In Greece, they are well into Carnival celebrations. The most well known city for Carnival celebrations takes place in Patra but there are other cities & towns with their own unique, most interesting and often hilarious ways of [...]
Don’t let the title fool you. The focus of tonight’s dish is rice. I can remember having roast chicken and rice from as early as when I was watching cartoons each morning, there was no remote TV control and children actually played in parks. Fast forward to 2009, people communicate electronically, people are forgetting or [...]
One of the new blogs out there in the food scene comes from a gal named Mila. Her blog title is “KISS….Keep It Simple Stupid”. I often share her belief that many dishes need not be complicated, too rigid in ingredient approach and allow for personal tastes and preferences to be applied to a recipe. [...]
Be it in Greece or abroad, I’m finding more Greek restaurants offering chicken souvlaki as an alternative to the pork or lamb variety. Eating a souvlaki can be an indulgence as it’s in a red meat category, some pork fat is usually in the cut of meat and they are so damn delicious! I’ve rarely [...]
