Snails With Gigantes Beans and Artichokes
This dish features snails. I’m very much aware that this dish will not get a million hits or dozens of comments but it’s a necessary post. If I am to accurately showcase Greek cuisine, I must feature all the traditional ingredients, including snails. My friend Deeba has yet to try snails but I think this […]
Ricardo’s Spiced Pear Cake
Up here in Canada, we have our own franchise of The Food Network…are you ready for the name? Food Network Canada. Us Canadians get to view a diet of American produced shows, some cooking shows from the UK and Down Under and then we round things out with the Canadian produced shows. One of the […]
Greek Food Gazette 06/11/2009
Greek history in a bottle, a primer on Retsina wine Three Sisters Around the Greek Table, a new cookbook self-published from Greek-Canadian sisters (www.3greeksisters.com) Chef Michael Psilakis goes back to Crete to shop for and cook an entire goat Mykonos Grill, serving up Greek food in the Greensboro, NC area Acropolis Greek Taverna has three […]
Giouvarlakia Soup
No Title Greek Giouvarlakia Soup (Γιουβαρλάκια Αυγολέμονο) aka Meatball Dumpling Soup is pure comfort in a bowl and easy to make! Follow along with Chef Peter Minaki as he shows you all the steps to making this hearty and delicious Greek dish. Enjoy! Καλή Όρεξη! Recipe update from November 2007 This is one of my […]
Lunch at the New Acropolis Museum
One of the highlights of my trip to Greece this past summer was my visit to the New Acropolis Museum in Athens. The word “acropolis” refers to the highest point in a city or town. There are other “acropolises” in Greece – Athens’ is the most well-known. The Acropolis of Athens is a limestone rock […]