Before I get on with this visually stimulating and most delicious dish, I must say I’m really liking the feel and look of “Kalofagas Mach II”. It’s cleaner, more organized, revolving header scheme and it’s scalab, meaning that changes, tweaks and updates to the look and function of the blog are easily applied in the [...]
Hello friends, The time has come for what I thought was going to be a simple outlet for cooking my food, sharing it and having an outlet for my constant food thoughts, to move on. This food blog “Kalofagas” has led me to meet some fantastic new people in my life, learn new things about [...]
Late last year, my friend Tony from Olive Juice contacted me and told that he is hosting a food event called “Taste of the Mediterranean. It’s a food blogging event sponsored by igourmet.com and each month, a journey and celebration of each dish takes place, focusing on a popular dish from that from each of [...]
Kakavia is also known as “Psarosoupa” or a fish soup. Kakavia also gets it’s name from the pot in which it’s cooked in, the “kakavi”. By all accounts, Kakavia is the pre-cursor to the modern-day bouillabaisse. It made its way from Greece to Marseilles (Massalia) around 600 B.C. The Greeks cooked this in the “kakavi”, [...]
It’s Friday, I’m in a good mood and I’m awed by the overwhelming response to this book giveaway. I’m going to give away two books, as chosen by a computerized random number generator. The first winner is #11, comment left by Elsee; The second winner is #109, comment left by Dimitra. Congratulations ladies and welcome [...]
Last weekend was a busy one. I had a full social calendar, things to do around the house, work on a revamped “Kalofagas” website and attend a Superbowl party on a Sunday evening that’s usually spent quietly at home. Oh yeah…I was also in the thick of baking, enjoying and sharing artisan bread in five [...]
“The weight of 10 sacks of flour have just come off my shoulder. I feel a great sense of triumph to be able to easily make bread.” (myself) “Peter, how did you make this bread? We buy our bread from the Italian bakery and this reminds us of the crusty bread they produce.” (Italian neighbor)“Now [...]
