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 […]
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 […]