Greek Food Gazette 19/04/2013
Gaea food products, chef Cat Cora & the Greek America Foundation have launched a campaign to support Greek agro-entrepreneurialism Wine Masters will visit Greek wineries on the occasion of the body’s 60th Anniversary Join me on May 25th for a cooking class titled “One Night in Athens” where I guide you in preparing a gourmet […]
Lenten Tahini & Honey Ice Cream
A couple of days ago I hosted/cooked up a Greek dinner that was Lenten in nature. That is to say all the dishes had to meet the criterion of an Orthodox-Christian fasting diet – no meat or meat by-products. No eggs, no milk! I can adjust to not eating red meat or no fish as […]
Greek Lenten Dinner, Recap
Last night’s Greek Supper Club took us back to the warm and cozy cooking studio at Aprhodite Cooks where my guests enjoyed fine Greek wine with a Lent-friendly menu created by yours truly. The challenge with this menu was to create dishes that were exciting to the eye, Lent-friendly in nature and of course, delicious! […]
Greek Food Gazette 13/04/2013
Greek Farmed fish industry bucks trend, merges and continues to increase world market share A propose itinerary for sailing through the Aegean Islands Dodoni’s sales up 26% from last year and it’s slated for an award A profile of the wine growing region of Santorini Ikaria, an island that moves at its own pace […]
Strapetsatha With Poached Eggs
One of my favourite Greek dishes contains ripe, sweet tomatoes, Feta cheese, extra-virgin olive oil, eggs. I’m speaking of course of Strapetsatha, an oft-made dish by Greeks be for breakfast or for dinner (yes, Greeks love egg dishes for dinner). Strapetsatha is traditionally made by scrambling the egg and tomato mixture and there are the […]
Greek Food Gazette 05/04/2013
Join me for a couples Greek cooking class, this May 25th at Aphrodite Cooks Adopt a Greek olive tree, a crowd-sourcing project by two Greeks Chefs announced for this year’s Sani Gourmet Festival in May Chef Michael Psilakis’ guide to Greek food & ingredients in NYC Greek Taste Festival takes place in Athens April […]
Eva’s Touloumbes
More cooking adventures involving fried dough. Every cuisine has their version(s), everyone loves them and many deny themselves eating such pleausures. I’ve never been an advocate of making desserts lighter..does that mean I can three portion of the lighter version? Desserts are desserts, they should be sweet, they should catch your eye, they should be […]
Grilled Halloumi With a Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
Grilled Halloumi With a Roasted Red Pepper Sauce (appetizer for 6) 1/3 cup diced red onion 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 1 clove of garlic, smashed 1 roasted red pepper, peeled, seeded and chopped 1/2 cup of hand-crushed plum tomatoes (from good quality canned variety) salt and pepper to taste pinch of Boukovo (chilli flakes) […]
Spaghetti Tossed in Shrimp Butter
This is one of the tastiest pasta dishes you will ever have. Really. How can it not be good when the sauce contains onions, garlic, lots of shrimp, mushrooms, red peppers, Ouzo , butter, cream cheese and the surprise ingredient? Vanilla extract! This pasta dish is a riff on shrimp butter that I’ve used for […]
Greek Food Gazette 29/03/2013
Gastronomia @ Brussels kicks-off this weekend until May 2nd, Click Here for details Greek America announces Greek Weekend at Disneyland May 25th-27th Benaki Museum hosting a photo exhibit “Thrace, So Close, So Far Away” Actor Billy Zane to launch Greek olive oil company Two Greek sisters release cookbook and memoirs from their trips to […]