I was looking through the photos of my vacation to Greece last year, reminiscing the wonderful time I had, the new friends I made, the new places I visited and the new flavours that danced on my tongue. I also reconnected with old friends, relatives and walked over the same paths I’ve known for the [...]
Many of you have visited my Recipe Round-Up for Lent and I hope that I’ve helped you find some interesting dishes to break-up the monotony of the usual Lenten fare. We’re fast approaching Greek Easter and preparations are already beginning in my household! Greek Easter is centered around lamb or goat and the whole day [...]
Last year, I read a book about the Fall of Constantinople – figured it would be a pretty good way to prepare for my second visit to Istanbul (and it did). In the book (besides reading about the many battles), I was also interested in the subplot of this period in history – the psyche [...]
Today’s photo was sent in by Anna Antoniou and it’s of Bellapais, located in Northern Cyprus. Anna is also a food blogger and you may follow and subscribe to her site, “At Anna’s Kitchen Table”. As always, send your favourite photos from Greece (or from any Greek community around the world) to truenorth67 AT [...]
Last year in Greece I had the pleasure of visiting the city of Kavala, just 90 minutes east of Thessaloniki in northern Greece. It is also the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and it’s situated near the beautiful island of Thassos. The Apostle Paul landed here on his first trip to Europe and the fortress [...]
This recipe can be pulled-off with using any one of the following gadgets (yes I own all three of them). The first is a box grater and considered a “must” in the Greek kitchen. The box grater is used to grate ripe tomatoes and the pulp is used in many Greek dishes. The second kitchen [...]
Do you like crab? I was born in July which makes me a Cancer. Cancer in the sign of the crab and likely the zodiac sign got its name from its Latin term, “cancer pagurus”. This genus of crab is most commonly found in the North Sea, North Atlantic and it can be found in [...]
One aspect of the kitchen that I’ve really never enjoyed is washing pots, pans – doing the dishes. Sometimes it can’t be avoided and other times I might even forego making something that requires alot of clean-up…depends on my mood I suppose. Sometimes I also crave a dish but I don’t want the huge clean-up [...]
As always, send your favourite photos from Greece (or from any Greek community around the world) to truenorth67 AT gmail DOT com and your photo may appear on an upcoming Greek Food Gazette! Ninety-four year old Greek-American woman reminisces about Greek cuisine at a local restaurant Vefa & Alexia Alexiadou to appear April 2nd in [...]
