Panna Cotta With Greek Yogurt and Mastiha
This past week, I was in New Jersey to cook a couple of Greek dinners, one was in Montclair and the other was in Little Falls. The dinner in Little Falls was hosted by a company called Pecinka-Ferri – they provide restaurant equipment and solutions and they had invited their clients (folks who design and […]
Greek Food Gazette 14/06/2014
Lonely Planet rates Greece #1 in its Best of Europe list Last chance to reserve your seats at the Escape to Greece dinner in New Jersey June 16th Here’s 10 reasons (and think to do) when visiting Athens this summer Meze Greek Tapas opens in the Boston suburb of Worcester Thessaloniki to get tram system […]
Lemon Carbonara Spaghetti
Most of you who are food enthusiasts (freaks) like myself, you’ve noticed by now that many items on your grocery bill have gone up. One glaring spike in prices is with lemons. Limes I can find for 6 for $1, oranges are decently priced but lemons? The best deal I’ve found so far this year […]
Greek Food Gazette 08/06/2014
Mani Imports, bringing Greek products to the Sacramento area Breathtaking photo reportage from a wedding ceremony in Sifnos Epirus launches an ambitious tourism campaign, “Breathtaking Greece – For All Seasons” Olive oil, honey could pull Greece out of recession This year, Greece’s Blue Flag beaches increased to 408 Folegendros, home to one of the best […]
Roasted & Braised Lamb Neck Lemonato
Growing up Greek means you eat lamb often – lamb chops, lamb in the oven, whole spit-roasted lamb, lamb stews, lamb in clay pots, lamb with pasta, lamb in phyllo and braised lamb dishes. All these ways of eating lamb and I’ve never intentionally had lamb neck, The neck of the lamb may be eaten […]
Pickled Grapes With Manouri Cheese and Salad Greens
Last week I hosted my latest Greek Supper Club, this time the venue was at St. Lawrence Market, Toronto’s world famous central market. The dinner theme was Greek dishes with some Canadian twists. Greek eating and drinking has been centered around wine since ancient times but there’s always some new twists to be added so […]
Greek Food Gazette 31/05/2014
Athens’ Strofi restaurant makes the list of “restaurants with best view” Greece projects 21.2 million tourist arrivals in 2014 Get your seats for Escape to Greece dinner on June 23rd in Montclair, NJ The Chef’s Club of Greece takes Greek Gastronomy to Hong Kong Come to Corfu in June for Trip2Taste, a festival of Greek […]
Zucchini Lentil Fritters With Shrimp
These fritters gain lots of inspiration – from the classic Kolokithokeftedes (zucchini fritters) in Greek cookery to Santorini and Canadian food personality/chef Michael Smith. These are very much like the classic zucchini fritter but method of binding the fritter is different here. A successful zucchini fritter depends greatly on how much excess water you squeeze […]
St. Lawrence Market Greek Supper Club (recap)
National Geographic recently rated Toronto’s St. Lawrence Market as the “World’s Best Food Market”, something Torontonians have known for years. Early Greek immigrants lived near the Market as they also worked as butchers, fish mongers and green grocers. St. George (Toronto’s first and oldest Greek Orthodox church) was founded to be near the Greek community. […]
Greek Yogurt Panna Cotta With Apricot Preserve
The yogurt has just set, made another batch of this Greek style panna cotta – Greek style in that Greek yogurt is the twist to this easy Italian dessert. Panna cotta means cooked cream and the Greek yogurt gives in a light tangy flavour that I think all of you will enjoy. The other Greek […]