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 […]
Kontosouvli
In Greece, there are many souvlaki and gyro joints all over the country and on nearly every corner. Then there are tavernas, small eateries that specialize in grilled meats that go beyond souvlaki and gyro, serving pork chops, biftekia, sausages, lamb chops, whole roast lamb on the spit, kokoretsi and kontosouvli. Kontosouvli another rotisserie offering […]
Greek Food Gazette 23/04/2011
This year’s Gabby Awards are set for June 4th on Ellis Island where America’s Best & Brightest Greeks are feted, you too can vote The work of a vine grower never ceases, pruning of vines must occur before Spring arrives Some Easter messages by Orthodox-Christian leaders The island of Milos…it’s all about the beaches John […]
Orthodox-Christian Easter
This post is being written on Good Friday of Holy Week and I thought to write a post that enlightens you of how Orthodox-Christians and more specifically Greek-Orthodox spend the next few days until the culmination of Easter Sunday. The Great Lent began March 7th (Katheri Deftera) or Ash Monday and those that adhere […]
Potato Pizza
Last year I was watching a local Greek program that also has a cooking segment included in each episode. I’m interested in this show as I like to keep abreast of local Greek community affairs and, see what other dishes are being presented (I too have appeared on this show). A dish that I had […]
Stuffed Peppers (Meatless Version)
Who’s your favourite famous vegetarian? In Canada we have Pamela Anderson, Alannis Morisette, Shania Twain. There is Bridgette Bardot, Albert Einstein, Paul McCartney, Natalie Portman, Mahatma Ghandi, Da Vinci, Gaudi! Greece has too many vegetarians to name. There are many out there in the world and the list in growing. I don’t think I’ll ever […]