Seared Scallops With Grilled Corn Salad
I love scallops. Besides the fact that they are delicious, they are a sustainable seafood source, pretty widely available, modern freezing technology ensures you get a “frozen fresh” product. The down side? They can be pricey. This can be a splurge but it is so worth it! Scallops can be fried, broiled, grilled, steamed but […]
Watermelon Wedges With Feta and Mint
Greeks eat Watermelon and Feta. As a kid this was weird for me but as I grew old and my palate expanding, this combo became “genius” in my mind. Last year I hosted an “all Feta” Greek Supper Club and one of offerings was a watermelon wedge (served like a pizza slice) with crumbled Feta […]
Rotisserie Wings With Apricot BBQ Sauce
I love chicken wings! I first had them in the 80’s when Buffalo Style chicken wings began appearing on menus in the 1980’s. The city of Buffalo is a couple of hours south of Toronto and we’ve embraced the chicken wing! Chicken wings you get at the pub/bar are fried and tossed in a melted […]
Shrimp and Greek Grits
Earlier this year I was in New Orleans during their Carnival period. This city (and Louisiana) are a food lover’s paradise. I ate some lesser known dishes and tried the classics, like Shrimp and Grits. First, what are Grits? Grits are a porridge made of cornmeal, a staple of the southern US. Cornmeal dishes exist […]
Giaourtlou Kebab
Post originally appeared on September 19/07 I first had this dish Summer 2007, a taverna with grilled meats in Zografou, Halkidiki. Up to today, I must had this dish at least a dozen times. Savas, O Thanasis, and a few other tavernas in between. The dish arrived on mainland Greece from displaced Greeks who used […]
Bananas Foster French Toast
French toast are usually reserved for weekends but these are unusual times (Pandemic Lockdown) where weekdays and weekends are blurred. You have more time on your hands so I suppose one could make Bananas Foster French Toast on any day of the week. Bananas Foster was comes from New Orleans and basically its bananas in […]
Million Dollar Pie
A pie that tastes so good that it “tastes like a million dollars”! Now that we know how this easy to make pie got its name, you can focus on getting the ingredients gathered. If you’re challenged in baking, this pie is for you. All you really have to do is buy the ingredients, mix […]
Chuck Roast With Potatoes
One of my favourite cuts of meat are the shoulder. There’s some fat on them, the meat is always flavourful and these cuts are affordable. Lamb shoulder, pork shoulder or butt and in this instance, chuck. Shoulder cuts do need some time to get them tender and for this recipe, I am using my pressure […]
Onion, Parsley and Sumac Salad
This salad is more of a garnish/accompaniment and I like serving it as part of a grilled kebab platter. Onion, Parsley and Sumac Salad 1 medium red onion, peeled and thinly sliced 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley 1 tsp. of ground Sumac salt to taste Make your onion salad by thinly slicing it and then […]
Bananas Foster
This past February, I had the pleasure to visit New Orleans for the first time. It’s a warm, hospitable city, pretty, great music, full of interesting history. Combine all that plus it’s a culinary destination. Located near the delta of the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico, New Orleans was an important port where […]