Squid Ink Spaghetti With Zesty Calamari
Here’s an easy pasta dish that combines inspiration from the south in Crete, from the seaside tavernas and from northern Greece with the use of Boukovo…Greek chilli flakes. I first has cuttlefish and squid served covered in their squid ink…an odd sight at first but jet-black delicious! One can buy squid ink from finer grocers […]
Recap – Greek Supper Club at The Manor
The weather gods cooperated this past Sunday and the rain held off long enough for me to host an outdoor Greek Supper Club at The Manor on Bayview. I brought the grill and we all enjoyed a whole grilled lavraki (European sea bass), flown straight from Greece, courtesy of Selonda Aquaculture. The fish was dressed […]
Greek Food Gazette 14/07/14
Selonda’s sea bream and sea bass rated highly for taste and overall quality Everything Mediterranean cookbook available at Public bookstores in Greece Greek wine of the week: Ktima Voyatzi from Kozani Aegean Airlines breaks 1 million passenger record in 1 month Made in Greece Food Fesitval begins July 18th at Titania Hotel (Athens) Get your […]
Coconut Panna Cotta With Berry Sauce
This year, I’ve come to enjoy panna cottas…that means cooked cream in Italian. It’s a simple dessert and as long as you don’t mess up with either too little or too much gelatine, you end up with smooth, delicate pudding like dessert where the flavour possibilities are endless. Today, I am using a pantry item […]
Snails Stifado With Creamy Sour Trahana
A couple of weeks ago I hosted a Cretan-themed dinner, featuring traditional dishes from Greece’s largest island – Crete. This island is considered the birthplace of the Mediterranean Diet and these folks like to stick to their traditions. That includes using their staples with include snails and sour trahana. Snails…you want to call them escargot? […]
Greek Food Gazette 28/06/2014
Athens begins a hip economic rescue plan/gentrification Cretan Gastrnomic Festival acts as catalyst for economic growth Domaine Vassiliou in Attiki invites to tour their winery and estate Regional carrier Sky Express announces its summer routes Athens is back…here’s The New York Post’s list of places to check out Seats on sale now for Summer Taverna […]
Announcing Summer Taverna Dinner on August 5th
Some of you have been to Greece, some of you are already back and some of you want to experience the bounty of the Greek summer as only the local laverna can. We are returning to Kritamos, located at 443Danforth in Toronto’s Greektown to make use of their rotisserie and huge grill. Kolonaki Group […]
Kserotigana from Crete
Last month I cooked (and hosted) a Cretan dinner as part of my Greek Supper Club events and the dessert I chose was a Cretan specialty called Kserotigana. The dough is similar to Laconian diples but they look a little different. Diples are folded quickly in the hot oil with two forks and one has […]
Fassolakia Ladera
Greek cuisine is full of vegetarian main options and many of those being main courses that are filling, nutritious and delicious. It’s Spring and herbs are abundant at the markets and in some of your herb gardens. The main ingredient of this one-pot dish are flat, runner or pole beans. Fassolakia. These flat beans are […]
An Evening in Crete – Greek Supper Club Recap
Crete, the southernmost part of Greece, largest island in the Mediterranean and the birthplace of the “Mediterranean Diet”. This past Monday, we raised a glass (or two) of Cretan wine, said a couple of Matinades and enjoyed a five course authentic Cretan dinner. This dinner has been long in the making and I am delighted […]