Slow-Roasted Pork Belly
I’ve been using this marinade with pork shoulder for a few years. Resplendent with the aroma of fennel, rosemary and thyme, citrus and a bottom end of smoked paprika and coarse ground peppercorns. Light garlic flavour, coarse sea salt offering just the right amount of seasoning and the natural pork flavours come out in this […]
Greek Food Gazette 4/02/2010
This week’s photo was sent in by Artemis Tsipi from Greece. Artemis has just started blogging and I encourage you to have a look at her blog, Wonderfoodland. The photos are gorgeous and the blog is available in both English and Greek! As always, send in your photos of Greece or any photo with “aroma […]
Roasted & Toasted: A Banana & Coconut Ice Cream Recipe
Inspiration arrives via many avenues but the sweetest, most satisfying are born of fond childhood memories. My dad worked the restaurant business all his life. He never worked in a “Greek” restaurant per se but one knew a Greek was in the kitchen or the owners were Greek with one look at the menu. Souvlaki […]
Fettucine With Mushroom Bolognese
If you saw the Pork dish I made last night, you too would want to have a vegetarian dish as a follow-up meal. I’m also really excited to share this recipe for a Mushroom Bolognese sauce. This pasta dish is for those that love mushrooms and you’re looking for a way to serve them as […]
Greek Food Gazette 28/01/2010
Today’s photo is of the harbour of the island of Kastellorizo in the Dodecanese Islands and it was kindly sent by Julia of the blog, Turkey’s For Life. Can Greek food save the West? Greece makes the cover of Conde Nast Traveller and a feature article Frank Bruni shares on how to eat well in […]
Mussels Saganaki With Mustard
In the town near to our summer home in Greece, is a “psaro taverna” or seafood tavern that’s been a favourite of our family & friends for years. The taverna’s name is Kapetan Giakoumis and the proprietor is this portly fellow with long curly dark brown hair. Think rolly-polly Diego Maradona. Our summer home is […]
White Giouvetsi With Chicken
Sometimes, less is more with a dish. When quality ingredients are selected, they should be allowed to shine, without sharing the stage (in this case the plate). I’ve been hankering for home-spun dishes of late…is it the cold? That we’re in January and full-on in the Winter Blues or that’s just the “food space” that […]
Good Things Happenin’
Chalk this week and being pretty damn good: I attended a reception at the residence of the Consul General of Greece here in Toronto to meet and have a conversation with the new Greek Ambassador to Canada, His Excellency Eleftherios Angellopoulos. I was delighted to be invited among other Greeks in the city who conduct […]
Greek Food Gazette 21/01/2010
Victoria Bouloubasis sent this photo in from her recent vacation to visit family in the island of Andros. Victoria also has a blog at thisfeedsme.com. Don’t forget too send me your favourite photos from Greece, or from your favourite Greek dishes you’ve made or had. Got a favourite place in Greece? Send me your photo. […]
Roasted Sea Bass With Potatoes & Fennel
I’ve noticed that I’ve been seeing good quality (very fresh) sea bass and sea bream on the iced displays at local fishmongers. Both the sea bream and sea bass are a Mediterranean fish and as I looked on the side of the Styrofoam boxes that contain these fish packed in ice – they are shipped […]