Toronto’s been having some of the hottest weather in years and today we’re expected to reach the hottest temperature EVER for the city. We complain it’s too cold to grill or eat outside and now the flipside…it’s too hot! The A/C is on, I have the stovetop at my disposal and one must eat. Chalk [...]
Sometimes I make a recipe that leaves me with some leftover store-bought phyllo and I can usually make some Baklava with the rest or Tyropitakia (cheese-filled phyllo triangles). The other alternative is to take some sheets of phyllo, cut them into triangles and roll some shrimp in them and fry them up! This idea is [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Do you like crab? I was born in July which makes me a Cancer. Cancer in the sign of the crab and likely the zodiac sign got its name from its Latin term, “cancer pagurus”. This genus of crab is most commonly found in the North Sea, North Atlantic and it can be found in [...]
Here’s a wonderful vegetarian/Lent-friendly/seafood-friendly dish that comes together real easily and quickly. This dish is built for ease of preparation, use of a good convenience food in canned chickpeas, it’s healthy, it’s delicious and it’s filling. Shrimp give you the protein, chickpeas and artichokes are loaded with goodness and zucchini contain vitamins A & C! [...]
In the town near to our summer home in Greece, is a “psaro taverna” or seafood tavern that’s been a favourite of our family & friends for years. The taverna’s name is Kapetan Giakoumis and the proprietor is this portly fellow with long curly dark brown hair. Think rolly-polly Diego Maradona. Our summer home is [...]
The year 2010 is coming to a close and many of us are in a reflective mode, others preparing for New Year’s celebrations or looking forward to attending a party with family or friends. The usual way to celebrate the coming of a New Year is by opening up some champagne or a sparkling wine [...]
The recipes on this site arrive here by way of many avenues: recipes from my family, some from relatives, other dishes I’ve discovered while in Greece, something I’ve tried at a restaurant that’s so delicious that I have to reproduce it and sharing with you all, cookbooks/magazines, other blogs or suggestions from the many, many [...]
The cold weather is here and last week I made three soups with the latter being this thick, rustic and very filling chickpea soup. The soup eats like a meal with maybe just some crusty bread on the side or serve a smaller serving if you wish the soup to be merely a starter. This [...]
