Thanks to all who entered to win the cookbooks! The first winner of Mastiha Cuisine by Diane Kochilas is Suzie Dods with comment #9. Now for the winner of the Ancient Grains Cookbook by Maria Speck….Cindy (Maddox) won with comment # 35. Ladies, please email me at truenorth67 AT gmail.com with your mailing particulars and [...]
Christmas is less than a month away and it’s time to get shopping and buy those presents for those important in your life. Much like last year, I’ve compiled a selection of gifts that would interest the Greek in your life or the philhellene. There’s something for everybody here and gift ideas that suit all [...]
Last week I had the pleasure of meeting the Three Greek Sisters. Born & raised in Toronto’s Greektown (The Danforth), these ladies have just released a self-published cookbook, “Around the Greek Table”. Betty, Eleni and Samantha Bakopoulos share family recipes with the reader with one eye on on tradition and the other with plating traditional [...]
Today is March 25th, the celebration of Greek Independence Day and it draws inspiration from one of the holiest days for the Greeks, the Annuciation of the Theotokos. On this day, Gabriel the archangel announced to Mary that she will bear a child. The Bishop of Patra, Germanos sparked the struggle for Greek Independance from [...]
It’s Friday, I’m in a good mood and I’m awed by the overwhelming response to this book giveaway. I’m going to give away two books, as chosen by a computerized random number generator. The first winner is #11, comment left by Elsee; The second winner is #109, comment left by Dimitra. Congratulations ladies and welcome [...]
“The weight of 10 sacks of flour have just come off my shoulder. I feel a great sense of triumph to be able to easily make bread.” (myself) “Peter, how did you make this bread? We buy our bread from the Italian bakery and this reminds us of the crusty bread they produce.” (Italian neighbor)“Now [...]
