It all started at Ouzeri. Once again my food blogging friends and I were invited to Ouzeri on Sani Resort to be treated to the down-home Greek cooking of Chef Katerina Syrrou. She’s from nearby Arnaia, Halkdiki and currently operates an award-winning and beloved restaurant in Cologne, Germany.   This was our last evening [...]

When I heard that one of the restaurants we would be dining at was called “Tomato”, I thought it to be be rather boring. Upon reading Chrisanthos Karamolengkos’ bio and his notoriety for playing with Greek classics, I had no idea that he would also show us his love of the tomato by using the [...]

The relaxation, forging new friendships and sampling some delicious Greek food continues at the Sani Resort in Kassandra, Halkidiki. Last night’s dinner was held at the Ouzeri, an open air venue with the view of the Sani Beach down below. Just as the sun was setting, we were seated and waited with anticipation for a [...]

It’s barely a full day at the Sani Resort in Kassandra, Halkidiki and I’m still pinching myself to see if it’s all real! From my flight from Toronto to Europe to my connecting flight from Aegean Airlines to the pick-up and transport from the airport to the Resort, the Sani experience has been relaxing and [...]

It is with great pleasure that I announce the program for the Sani Gourmet Festival ’11, located in the five-star Sani Resort in Kassandra, Halkidiki (northern Greece). Dedicated to excellence in world cuisine, Sani Resort has hosted the Sani Gourmet Festival with this 6th year being centered on the theme of “New Greek Cuisine”. Greece [...]

Greek Food Guru, Diane Kochilas have taken our budding friendship to another level as we have organized a tour of Northern Greece that will excite even the most world-weary traveler with some of Greece’s best cuisine, artisan producers of Greek products and some of Greece’s top wineries. Diane bring her expertise as a cookbook author, [...]

This post is part bio, part-story of a new friendship, part education on the shaping of Greek cuisine and part recommendation. Last year I had the fortune to connect with Diane Kochilas through Facebook with what I thought would be just another fair-weather friendship on the web. You see, Diane Kochilas is a New York [...]

Alpha is the first letter in the Greek alphabet (= a) and when it comes to the quality, attention to detail and care in making wines, it”s no coincidence that Alpha Estate chose this letter to name their operations. Alpha also represents a “new beginning’, a new era for Greek wines. Readers of this blog [...]

This post has little to do with food but there are connections to food. Early into my vacation in Greece I had visited the Kazakis’ family and their grape leaves operations (used to make Dolmades) in the village of Nea Gonia, Halkidiki. My friend Sakis Kazakis also urged me to visit a chap by the [...]

I would be a damn fool if I told you that Greece had a banner year for tourism. It didn’t. In most of the places that I visited you couldn’t tell there’s was a major drop in business, although business owners were harping about the drop in receipts. From the perspective of the tourist, it [...]