I figured I better squeeze in all the fried cheese while it’s still December and we can splurge on some richer foods (and eat them too)! I have just one thick slab of Batzo cheese left in the fridge – a cheese from northern Greece that I brought back this past summer. To refresh your [...]
This dish came together on a whim using some leftover Halloumi cheese that cleaning out, staring at some naked French Fries and the third component [...]
This dish screams of the many memories that vividly replay in my mind from my vacation in Greece this past summer. I started off in Thessaloniki (northern Greece) and settled in at my parents’ summer home in Halkidiki. Soon after, I embarked on my first foodie-related excursion by traveling a mere 6km to a neighboring [...]
How was your Christmas? Are you enjoying yourselves? Spending time with family and friends? Having some richer, more indulgent foods? An extra drink? Good, ’cause I am! The family’s Christmas dinner went splendidly. All the dishes turned out very well, we had some good chuckles and reminisced of Christmases past. The centerpiece of our Christmas [...]
July 1st is Canada Day or our nation’s birthday. Tomorrow this young country will turn 141 and I’m every bit a proud Canadian as I am Greek. Canada is a nation of the Native peoples, the French and English majority and the multicultural mosaic that’s made up of all the other ethnicities. I’m grateful for [...]
I tried this dish a few years ago. I was trying to impress my cousin’s wife who is German and she knows a thing or two about roast pork. I had her Sunday roast pork with gravy, potatoes and braised purple cabbage. She impressed me! I have found that fennel seeds really complement the taste [...]
As time allows, I’m posting the remainder of my Thanksgiving fixins’. One of the most comforting parts of the meal is eating the velvety gravy….on the turkey, on the stuffing, on the vegetables! Making gravy is not rocket science, just have a good eye when making your roux and keep on stirring and you’ll have [...]
