MISC
Apr 23rd, 2011 |
By Peter Minakis 
This year’s Gabby Awards are set for June 4th on Ellis Island where America’s Best & Brightest Greeks are feted, you too can vote The work of a vine grower never ceases, pruning of vines must occur before Spring arrives Some Easter messages by Orthodox-Christian leaders The island of Milos…it’s all about the beaches John [...]
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Apr 15th, 2011 |
By Peter Minakis 
Toronto born & raised Cathy Anagnostopoulos needs our help to fight Leukemia. Please click the link to find out how you can help save her life Spotlight on Kalamata, the pride of Messinia Watch trailers for the award-winning documentary about Santorini called Pelican’s Watch Greek immigrant finds sweet success in Astoria The Athens Epidaurus Festival [...]
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Apr 8th, 2011 |
By Peter Minakis 
Today’s photo was sent in by Anna Antoniou and it’s of Bellapais, located in Northern Cyprus. Anna is also a food blogger and you may follow and subscribe to her site, “At Anna’s Kitchen Table”. As always, send your favourite photos from Greece (or from any Greek community around the world) to truenorth67 AT [...]
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Apr 1st, 2011 |
By Peter Minakis 
As always, send your favourite photos from Greece (or from any Greek community around the world) to truenorth67 AT gmail DOT com and your photo may appear on an upcoming Greek Food Gazette! Ninety-four year old Greek-American woman reminisces about Greek cuisine at a local restaurant Vefa & Alexia Alexiadou to appear April 2nd in [...]
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Mar 25th, 2011 |
By Peter Minakis 
This week’s photo was sent in by a good friend of the blog, a philhellene and Greek food enthusiast, Dirk Moerman. Mediterranean hartwort adds zing to salads, pies and stews The Little Greek Pie opens it’s doors in Fitzrovia (London) with it’s offering of house-made savory Greek pies Sani Beach Hotel in Halkidiki to re-open [...]
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Mar 19th, 2011 |
By Peter Minakis 
My friend and regular reader of the blog, Theodore Nanos, sent me a photo he took parasailing high atop of the island of Kos. As always, send your favourite photos from Greece (or from any Greek community around the world) to truenorth67 AT gmail DOT com and your photo may appear on an [...]
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Mar 11th, 2011 |
By Peter Minakis 
Greece ranks high in Lonely Planet’s list of “best countries for food” Not your typical Greek salad: chefs in Greece who are leaving their own signature on Greek cuisine Travel spotlight: Florina, exemplifying Greece’s northern beauty Rebetiko film raises the curtain for this year’s Thessaloniki Documentary Festival Another study pointing to Greek diet and the [...]
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Mar 5th, 2011 |
By Peter Minakis 
Greece can be found everywhere…even at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Nisrine Merzouki of the blog “Dinners & Dreams” took this photo of Cat Cora’s restaurant in Disney World. As always, send your favourite photos from Greece (or from any Greek community around the world) to truenorth67 AT gmail DOT com and your photo may [...]
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Feb 25th, 2011 |
By Peter Minakis 
This week’s photo was sent in my Iveta Hortashka from when she visited Egremni Beach on the island of Lefkada. The photo was take by her friend Alexander Hinkov and I think Lefkada just moved up on my list of islands to visit. As always, send your favourite photos from Greece (or from any Greek [...]
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Feb 18th, 2011 |
By Peter Minakis 
Top Chef contestant and Greek-American Marissa Churchill is interviewed in Greece’s “Eltherotypia” on the release of her first book, “Sweet & Skinny” Theodoros Pantaleon, Thessaloniki’s master of herbs & spices Traditional menus are winning over modern, “nouveau” Greek cuisine A community on the Black Sea (north-east Turkey) discovered where they speak an Romeyka, an Ancient [...]
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