Here I am, mid-week into the first week of Lent. The first day is the hardest and then each day it becomes easier and easier. [...]

One of these days, I’m going to go to Greece when the olive harvest takes place in autumn. Olives can be found all over Greece and as if taunting me, I pass by the idle olive oil cooperative in the town where our summer home in Halkidiki is. All over Greece, farmers and families with [...]

Lagana is very reminiscent of foccacia, another flat bread. The Lagana is a bread that’s tradionally baked for consumption on the first day of Greek Lent, Clean Monday.The Lagana is very easy to make and if you mix a batch of dough this evening or start tomorrow evening, you can have home-baked Langana for Kathera [...]

From roadside to dinner plate, Aglaia Kremezi touches upon some of the Greece’s many edible greens Once again, Greece is listed in the Top Ten destinations for 2010 “Kati Allo” in Paphos, Cyprus raises the bar for meze Whole fresh fish and array of Greek wines the norm in many Greek restaurants in New York [...]

Last Thursday was Tsiknopempti in Greece (and anywhere in the world where Greeks celebrated the most popular meat-grilling day of Greek Carnival). I had three options: stay home and simply make a meat dish using my oven’s broiler or a grill pan. Option 2 was to head down to Toronto’s Greektown (the Danforth) and be [...]

A place that I’ve wanted to visit for a long-long time is Mystras. Located a mere 7 km from Laconia’s capital, Sparti is where one will find Mystras, There are many significant places of historical and religious significance for a Greek (and non-Greek) to visit and Mystras are one of those places. Mystras is an [...]

Some of you might remember my post with the classic Bouyiourdi with tomatoes, peppers and cheese – baked until everything melds together and awaits your anxious dipping of thy crusty bread. This spin on Bouyiourdi will also satisfy those who love the act of dunking bread into food. Those of you who like the whole [...]

There’s one week left until the Greek-Orthodox Lent commences. This is the third and final week of Carnival, the final farewell before a fast up until Greek Easter (April 4th). This week is called Tyrini, where meat is dropped from the diet but cheeses, dairy products and eggs are allowed. Shellfish is still allowed. In [...]

I’m going to crank-up the frequency of my “Talk Toronto” posts on my blog. These posts will be primarily related to food, leisure or anything else I feel worthy about sharing when it comes to Toronto. What a better place to start than with  some Greek food. Greek fast food. One of my favourite quick [...]

Sophia’s hobby of crocheting hats has turned into a budding home business. She’s now accepting orders for these hand-knitted Greek-flag toques (I already have one) All the info you need, including an application, is available on one page for those interested in joining my Culinary Tour of Greece, set for Sept.15th of this year Divers [...]