One of the new blogs out there in the food scene comes from a gal named Mila. Her blog title is “KISS….Keep It Simple Stupid”. I often share her belief that many dishes need not be complicated, too rigid in ingredient approach and allow for personal tastes and preferences to be applied to a recipe. [...]
Before I get on with showing you the dessert offering of Bougatsa for my Greek Thanksgiving, I should give you some background on this much-loved Greek breakfast treat. Bougatsa is a pastry that consists of phyllo and it can contain a filling of cheese, spinach, spinach & cheese, ground meat or in this case, custard. [...]
I’m back and in a bitter-sweet way. It’s good to be back in Canada after another wonderful, memorable and fantastic time vacationing in Greece. Although I wish I could still be in Greece, all things must come to an end and I don’t want to get sick of Greece and I always leave unfinished business [...]
Well, almost. Baklava is a rich dessert of nuts and spices, sandwiched by thin sheets of phyllo and finished off with a lemony syrup. Who would imagine having such a decadent dessert for breakfast? Why, it would be Elly of Elly Says OPA! Elly is much like myself, a first-generation Greek who grew up outside [...]
Last year, I took it upon myself to make my mother Eggs Benedict, delivered to her bedside. Instead of “thenk-you, Pee’rre…you thaught-fal, kind son”, I got…“I know, you feed me reech food, fool aaf butter breakfast too geeve me haart-attack. You want to keel me aaf, get rid of me? Niiice Mother’s Day prresent….ZOAN (animal)”! [...]
In 1492, any Jews who did not convert to Christianity were obliged to leave Spain, their homes and belongings behind. Exiled Jews were accepted in different parts of the Ottoman Empire and many Jews settled in Thessaloniki, Greece’s 2nd largest city, in northern Greece. What little the Jews could bring with them was their faith, [...]
Muffins have to be one of my favourite North American breakfast rituals. It’s true, we work too hard, we could learn something from the Europeans [...]
I’ve seen some people in my blogging realm that are posting views from their kitchen and I love this idea. This is the brainchild of LuLu’s Bay from Cairo. It’s a window on the world and a window on what us food bloggers see when in our kitchens. As you can see, my yard faces [...]
Female : Wasn’t last night just fantastic? Look! It’s sunny and mild outside. Male: What’s your name again? Female: You don’t remember? You were whispering it in my ear all night…take a guess! Male: Sorry, I had a little too much to drink. Female: So…just yake a wild guess ‘hun. Male: Delores? Female: NO! Male: [...]
If you like the flavours of a western omelet, then you’ll surely enjoy Ina Garten’s omelet for two. Despite it’s title, I think the recipe is ample enough to feed four. I liked this omelet more than the classic western because it combines potato in it and it didn’t give me the usual heartburn I [...]
