Last week the mighty Stratford Chef’s School brought an entourage of teachers, directors and students to Toronto for a day of instruction in the kitchen by Chef Emily Watkins. With not even 24 hours in Canada and just coffee and innate passion for food did this young chef based in Oxfordshire (an hour outside of [...]
Yesterday morning I reached out to another one of my many friends who reside here in Thessaloniki. Greece’s second largest city has a population of [...]
When in Greece, you will see Kritsinia in many places/spots as you sight-see, travel through the city or to the countryside. Kritsinia are bread sticks [...]
When I bought the small basket of zucchini blossoms, I thought I would be able to whip-up three, four recipes at most but I actually did get quite a few stuffed in that basket! I hope you’ve enjoyed all the zucchini blossom recipes thus far, I have this one and one more to share. Some [...]
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. [...]
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)”! [...]
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 [...]
