Chillies & Cheese Snack
I recently made a post of a poached pears recipe and a good discussion on Greek words ensued in the comments section. It was revealed that the Greeks have a word for everything. I once witnessed a lecture conducted in English but he exclusively used Greek-routed words. Awesome! If the Greeks have a word for […]
Cooking With………A Stapler?
You know what this blog needs? Is more brown paper bags! I’ve enjoyed baking fish in a brown paper bag and I’m satisfied that there are no health risks to using them for cooking purposes. Let me assure you that brown paper lunch bags are not made of recycled paper, the cooking time (2.5 minutes) […]
Poached Pears in Muscat
This dessert was inspired by a recipe I saw in the September issue of Olive Magazine (Greece version) and it’s a Greek dessert in that I’ve used wine from the island of Samos, pears, Greek honey, cloves, cinnamon and I made a pseudo Greek coffee. The island of Samos is in the Aegean and it’s […]
French Canadian Pea Soup
For those not in the know, Canada is a bilingual country where our two official languages are French and English. Most of the Francophones live in the province of Quebec and some families can trace their roots to the first settlers in North America. English and French Canadians are similar yet different. I won’t get […]
Greco Linguine
I’m naughty. Not naughty in the “twirling neighborhood cats by their tail” way or not naughty in the “star of my own XXX-rated home movies”, but naughty. I’ll let Greek bureaucrats (Zaxopoulos) corner the home DVD market! I was recently at the dentist’s and while waiting for the “as usual late dentist”out to attend to […]
Zucchini Sticks
Years ago, when I was of legal age to drink – no wait. Years ago when I would I would get into a bar underage, it was often for “wing night”. I’d have to say that chicken wings became a bar staple from the mid-1980’s. Back then I worked as a gas bar attendant, part […]
Skate With a Lemon Caper Sauce
No meat today. That’s okay because I get to treat myself to seafood. What’s that you see in the photo? It’s skate wing. First off, don’t be freaked out by trying this seafood out. It’s inexpensive ($1.99/lb), easy to cook, it’s tasty, has a tender, flaky white meat and there are no pin bones. Skate […]
Swedish Meatballs in Sour Cream Dill Sauce
I’ve had Swedish Meatballs on mind for awhile and I don’t mean since The Muppet Show last aired either! When I worked at a downtown bank, there was a diner I used to go to for lunch that had the same specials on the same day, each week. Monday was schnitzel, Tuesday was chicken, Wednesday […]
Shrimp Bisque
The first time I ever had a bisque was in the late 80’s, at Toronto’s now defunct Whistling Oyster. A bisque is a thick, creamy , highly seasoned soup, classically using shrimp, crab or lobster. It is of French origin and it’s the snobbish cousin of chowder. I saved this recipe from the Toronto Star, […]
Roasted Loin of Pork With a Fennel Seed Crust
I tried this dish a few years ago. I was trying to impress my cousin’s wife who is German and she knows a thing or two about roast pork. I had her Sunday roast pork with gravy, potatoes and braised purple cabbage. She impressed me! I have found that fennel seeds really complement the taste […]