This dish came together last year, almost a year now but the time is right. Forgive me for the link-love that’s coming in this post but it’s necessary and good blogging karma. Last year I attended the Canadian Food & Restaurant Association (CFRA) Show where restaurants, franchises, distributors, innovators and practically anyone else who wants [...]
In Greece, citrus is in season with the whole country being flooded with oranges from Crete and Laconia and the lemons being supplied from Argolida (Nafplio). Here in Canada, we’re not so lucky and we rely on imports from the South to help us stave-off scurvy with a supply of vitamin-C rich citrus from Florida [...]
One of the adopted traditions of my family is to have egg nog offered during the Christmas holidays to family and friends. Egg nog is a milk-based drink that’s offered at supermarkets just before and during Christmas. It also has eggs, nutmeg and may contain other spices. Often it gets spiked with rum, whiskey or [...]
Traditionally, figs get stuffed with walnuts and are laid out to be served among the array of sweet and savory bites during the Christmas season, [...]
I decided to organize some Christmas dishes for you to consider when you’re planning your Christmas, holiday and New Year’s menus. These are some options divided simply in savory and sweet categories. Eat when you drink, drink when you eat and reach out and invite someone extra to the table. You’ll feel good! Savory [...]
A couple of weeks ago I saw a recipe for a Beet & Walnut cake – one of those cakes that was probably baked in [...]
Most Greeks are named after patron saints (others given ancient Greek names) and each person celebrates their “name day” on the day their namesake (patron [...]
I grew up and live in the east end of Toronto…Scarborough if you will. People in the east end would never go to the west end..unless it was to pass through or go to the airport. I’m sure folks in the west end never visited the east end and that’s just how it is. Both [...]
Having been back in Canada now for a few days and almost over the jet lag, I’ve had plenty of time to think about how begin writing about this past summer’s vacation to Greece. For starters, I did spend any time in Athens (other than some dead time waiting for connecting flights to/from Thessaloniki). This [...]
Here in Ontario we live about 90 minutes from the Canada/US border which is also where Niagara Falls in situated. The stretch of land that hugs Lake Ontario from just south of Hamilton to Niagara Falls is the Niagara wineland. More and more wineries are popping up and I can see that other agriculture/farming is [...]
