Roast Lamb Shoulder and Potatoes
I love Sunday roasts and for a Greek family, roast lamb is often the meat of choice. Try and choose a local, young lamb and in this instance, a shoulder cut. Shoulder cut (bone in) is an easy and very flavourful part of the lamb. You’ll love this full proof, easy method to roasting lamb. […]
Kourkouto With Zucchini
The dish’s title contains the word Kourkouto (from Kourkouti), which means a “batter” and a major component of the dish is flour. This dish is easy, it’s Greek, you won’t freak out about how to handle phyllo and it’s wonderful hot or cold. In the ingredient’s list, the two cheeses used are Feta and Kasseri. […]
Spanakorizo With Green Olives & Feta
I am going to a dinner this coming Friday but I went to the person’s home early…one week early! I mixed up my calendar and thought the dinner was happening last Friday. I arrive at the appropriate time, wine in hand for the hostess and she pulls into the driveway right after I do. Looking […]
Greek Comfort Food Cooking Classes – Montreal
Join me on Friday May 3rd (evening) and Saturday, May 4th (afternoon) for a cooking class featuring Greek comfort dishes. I will show you how to make: Artichoke and Feta Dip Kolokithopita (Courgette Pie) without Phyllo Pastitsio Trigona Panoramatos (Thessaloniki’s Phyllo Triangles filled with Creme Patisserie) As always, attendees will taste all of the dishes […]
Recap – Revolution 1821 – Greek Supper Club
Every year, Greeks around the world commemorate March 25th, 1821 – the beginning of the Struggle for Greek Independence from the Ottoman Empire. Last Sunday, at St. Lawrence Market Kitchen, I held a celebratory Greek Supper Club that will featured an inventive Greek menu with some international panache. Thank you to Nisos Importing for supplying Cretan […]
Recap – Carnivale Greek Supper Club
A couple of weekends ago I hosted a Greek Carnival-themed Supper Club. It was a meat-heavy menu: lamb, pork, sausage, beef and cheese! All dishes were prepared using Cretan olive oil from Nisos Importing and Greek wines and beverages being poured by Apostolos Gerakinis. Thank you as well to Portioli Coffee Canada for serving cups […]
Beef Pastitsada
Pastitsada is a specialty from the island of Corfu, located on the Ionian side of Greece. Braised Beef, rooster or chicken in an aromatic tomato sauce and served with Misko bucatini-type pasta. This dish is so popular you can find that it’s found in all the Ionian Islands and it appears on menus throughout Greece. […]
Recap – Agio Oros Greek Supper Club
Last weekend I hosted a unique Supper Club that featured the cuisine and wine of Agio Oros. It boasts of having the sea and mountains, the architecture of the monasteries built on mountainsides, the artistry of the iconography and wall murals. The northern-Greek winery of Tsantali is the only winery allowed to maintain vineyards on […]
Recap Taste of Nemea – Greek Supper Club
Last month I hosted an evening of wines from the Nemea region of Greece. The wines were all from Nemea and they will be poured by Kolonaki Group. Specialty Greek ingredients and olive oil from Nisos Importing. The menu was inspired by my travels to Nemea, the local products and the dishes were chosen to pair […]
Recap – Taste of Crete Greek Supper Club
This past summer I had the pleasure of visiting the island of Crete for the third time. Last weekend I shared an inspired menu…a Taste of Crete! Thank you to Nisos Importing with be providing many of the specialty products for the dinner, including Cretan olive and Zaros still and sparkling water. All dishes were paired […]