This recipe comes courtesy of one this site’s avid readers, Dirk. Dirk resides in Belgium but he’s a frequent visitor to Greece and in particular Crete. Dirk resides in Belgium but when it comes to vacations…he looks to Greece. He’s tried many of the dishes on this blog and now it’s my time to thank [...]
A few weeks back I made Hosafi, a dish from the Pontian Greeks and I alluded that I would share with you in due course and the time has come. This past summer in Greece, I spent a weekend visiting the diverse, delicious and distant city of Xanthi…a Greek city closer to the Turkish border [...]
I’ve been in Greece almost two weeks and I must say that I’ve been enjoying the fish seafood wholeheartedly. While at my family’s summer home in Nea Kallikratia (Halkidiki) I head down for 1 swim 2 swims a day at a nearby beach that mostly families visit. Each year I see folks who have been [...]
Growing up in a Greek household here in Canada (immigrant family), I remember not always having the toys other kids had, didn’t wear the trendy clothes nor did we go to Disney for vacation but (the family) always were clothed, had plenty of toys, things to occupy my time with and we went on vacations [...]
I’m not sure how to break it you but this ice cream has olives in it…Kalamata olives that is! Before you begin to make funny faces, squint, bunch up and raise your nose at me, let me explain. First, the olives in this ice cream do not have the briny lemon flavour that one is [...]
Just last month I was in Greece and even though I was there for a a mere 12 days, I squeezed in all the activities I could: seeing family and friends, visiting markets, trying out new eateries and…making new friends. One of the new friends I made was Vefa Alexiadou – the Julia Child of [...]
I know you’ve been waiting for some new recipes to appear on this site and with me just coming back from a wonderful (albeit brief) Spring visit to Greece, I bring you a quick and easy mussels dish that will take you to a Greek taverna and keep me at bay until my proper vacation [...]
When I was young, I used to pop smelts into my mouth and eat them almost as fast as French Fries. My mom would gut, rinse, flour and fry the smelts until just golden and I’d be waiting….nose and head just above the table and ready for a plate of fried smelts. Last year while [...]
I came up with this meze during Lent, which ended at the stroke of midnight April 24th. Although created for Lent (no meat or meat by-products eaten), this shrimp dish is good any tome of the year and what’s even better? It comes with a sauce that one can liberally dip the shrimp in! Another [...]
I came up with this recipe after having an epiphany that I must once again have and enjoy the flavour combo of walnuts and figs [...]
