Last month saw travel to the Boston area, where I was invited to do some cooking demos at the St. Spyridon Grecian Festival in Worcester, Mass. (just outside of Boston). The Greek community of Worcester is an old, established one with the earliest Greeks arriving there in the 1900′s. This rock-solid Greek community has a [...]
The darling food of the Summer has to be lobster rolls. A specialty of New England and found in restaurants specializing in fish and seafood and popular at picnics, backyard parties and even food trucks! A traditional lobster roll contains cooked lobster meat, mayonnaise and often may contain celery and scallions. Lightly seasoned, a squirt [...]
The first time I enjoyed a glass of Zinfandel was back in 2002 when I visited San Francisco and took a day-long tour of the vineyards of Napa. Prior to this trip I only heard of white zinfandel, a rose-looking wine that was popular with the ladies and wine lightweights. Erase any notions you’ve had [...]
Recipe Update from May 2008 My eating diet can be summed up in two seasons: Soup season and salad season. With the exception of the cold soup, it’s salad days indeed. The only other exception I make when it comes to eating a salad ‘year ’round is a Caesar Salad. We’ve all had Caesar Salad [...]
Just in case you thought I may still be in Greece, allow me to ensure you I am back on the American side of the Atlantic, here in Toronto, Canada…feels good to be back! I left for Greece on August 2nd and spent 48 days there and traveled using planes, trains, automobiles, vespas, on foot, [...]
One of the best, tastiest and “big show” ways to entertain family and friends is to host a seafood boil. A seafood boil is an informal meal where an array of seafood are boiled in a seasoned liquid and when cooked, the contents are simply laid out for all to pick and eat what they [...]
One of the first blog posts I wrote was on the subject of ribs. Us Canadians love ribs, we love to grill and in fact you’ll find some of my posts where I grill in the middle of winter! I recently had friends over for a BBQ and although it was mostly a Greek feast, [...]
One of my favourite ways to prepare chicken is in my grill, summer time, beer can chicken style. Last year, one of the earlier posts I made was for a more classic version of this American gift to BBQ. This year, I kick it up a notch, shake up the ingredients and use the same, [...]
