Greek Food Gazette 13/05/2011
The Sani Gourmet Festival commences today and runs until May 22nd at the Sani Resort in Kassandra, Halkidiki You can watch myself and 5 other Greek bloggers cover the Sani Gourmet events on Livestream The Wine Producers Co-Op of Amynteon (one of Greece’s foremost wine regions) is holding a Wine and Art exhibition from May […]
Crispy-Fried Atherina (Smelts)
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 […]
Pastitsio Gialantzi
I came up with the name of this riff on Pastitsio last week and I rather like the title of it too…”Pastitsio Gialantzi”. Pastitsio is a favourtite Greek dish made by arranging one layer of tubular pasta followed by a ground meat mixture and then sandwiched with another layer of pasta. A deep dish baking […]
Greek Food Gazette 07/05/2011
This week’s photo was sent in by Magda of the Greek food blog, My Little Ex-Pat Kitchen. Magda showcases some delicious Greek dishes, brought to life by her excellent photos and warming stories. As always, send your favourite photos from Greece (or from any Greek community around the world) to truenorth67 AT gmail DOT com […]
Crispy Fried Shrimp
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 […]
Aspro/Mavro (White & Black)
This recipe comes courtesy of a neighbor of ours in Halkidiki, where my family’s summer home is located in Greece. Halkidiki is located in northern Greece, consists of three peninsulas that are situated just east of Greece’s second-largest city, Thessaloniki. One day I went to a neighbor’s home that had some new-born puppies that another […]
Sani Gourmet Festival ’11
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 Gazette 29/04/2011
Today’s photo was kindly sent in by Jackie McGuinness, who also writes for the blog, “Junk Boat Travels”. As always, send your favourite photos from Greece (or from any Greek community around the world) to truenorth67 AT gmail DOT com and your photo may appear on an upcoming Greek Food Gazette! CBS “60 Minutes” was […]
Sfakiano Lamb With Yogurt
During last year’s visit to Greece, I visited the largest island in Greece (and Mediterranean), located south of mainland Greece. My journey to Crete began from the opposite end of Greece, in the northernmost province of Macedonia. I left our summer home in Halkidiki and headed towards Thessaloniki (30 minutes) then took a train south […]
Greek Easter v. 2011
Another wonderful, spiritual and memorable Easter has come & gone. I do hope that the recipes I’ve featured on this site for Lent and for your Easter festivities have been helpful. I want to thank you all for visiting site, especially in the past 6 weeks as you’ve been searching high & low for recipes […]