New England Clam Chowder
One of my favourite foods are “soups that eat like a meal”. All one needs is a big bowl of soup, some crackers and dig in! Up until about a year ago my clam chowder used to come from a can or whenever I visited a seafood restaurant. I pleased to announce those days are […]
Chicken Chasseur
This past summer I watched Bobby Flay make a French classic called Chicken Chasseur or Hunter-style chicken. With a name like that, I guess this is the French answer to Chicken Cacciatore (another hunter plate). Ya know, before this Bobby Flay episode, I had never heard of this dish and I had bookmarked it to […]
Seared Salmon on Baby Spinach
This next dish is a popular one from Epicurious and it’s one I first tried with my ex. If you take a look at the recipe, there are 12 pages of comments (mostly positive) made and 93% would make this dish again. Another interesting tidbit about this dish is that I’ve had about 3 friends […]
Greek-Style Roast Lamb With Potatoes
Us Greeks do enjoy our lamb. Although we don’t have it on our weekly roster of meals, it’s always revisited. Lamb is often spit-roasted for Easter, lamb chops get the grill treatment, tougher pieces get braised or turned into stews and as I’m showing you today, roasting the lamb. I found a good deal on […]
Spinach Salad With Pomegranates
My dad recently returned from Greece and one of the things he “liberated” are some pomegranates from our tree at our summer home in Greece. I keep telling him he shouldn’t be bringing stuff back but he insists on “sneaking” some back into the country. It could be worse, I used to have a friend […]
Beef and Mushroom Pie
After having much success making turkey pot pie with leftovers I was looking forward to trying a similar recipe for leftover beef. I made a Prime Rib last weekend (I won’t show the result as I had to have it well done for relatives) and I had some leftover roast beef and bones. As tasty […]
Pumpkin Creme Brulee
It’s wonderful to see so many people embracing seasonal foods and experimenting, trying new dishes. Pumpkin, squash, gourds and all those funny looking autumn veggies that are currently out there have turned out to be quite versatile. I’ve seen soups, pastas, stews, fritters, dips, sauces and in my case today, a dessert. I remember as […]
Fish and No Chips!
I’ve told you all that Toronto boasts of being quite multi-ethnic. I can dine at practically any type of restaurant I want and with some darting around the city, buy the most outlandish, obscure, foreign food item out there. Conversely, it is getting harder and harder to find more traditional foods on a menu or […]
Fillet of John Dory With Shrimp Sauce
About a week ago I was searching for new recipes that use flat/white fish recipes. I’m talking about sole, flounder, turbot or in this case, John Dory fillet. There’s a sight called Video Jug and it has quite an extensive video library of “how to’s” in many categories (including cooking). This recipe caught my eye […]
Hilopites With Feta Pesto
About a month ago whilst surfing the round-up of Weekend Herb Blogging, I paid particular attention to a Feta Pesto, made by Genie of the Inadertant Gardener. I bookmarked the recipe for future reference. Fast forward to last week and I bought a weekend edition of a Greek newspaper which included a food/cooking magazine in […]