Greek Food Gazette 17/06/2013
Seats on sale now for the July 17th Kalofagas Greek Supper Club – Santorini Sunset Greek Tourism Minister impresses upon Canadians that Greece is ready to welcome all this Summer Two more thermal springs in Greece are now certified Ryanair: “we could increase the tourists of Greece to 4 million” Greece will focus on […]
Tsoureki French Toast
There was a time when I used to skip breakfast – have an orange juice, coffee and a smoke then just wait for lunch. Those days are long gone – cut the smokes, I have at least some toast in the morning, add fruit and some Greek yogurt where I can. One thing I’ve never […]
Braised Quail Kokkinisto
Last month, I created a menu that was inspired by the cuisine and local ingredients of Messinia, a region of Greece located in the southwestern tip of the country. Here you will find the rugged Mani peninsula, rolling hills with rows of old olive trees, mountains full of herbs and mountain tea and the sea […]
Greek Food Gazette 07/06/2013
May your summer be quenched with these terrific white wines from Greece Nana Mouskouri will receive the National Honor of Quebec Greeks still tops for olive oil consumption Lecture on global wine tourism to take place in Athens next week Ryan Air to launch domestic flights in Greece Slideshow of some Greek islands for […]
Mastiha Dinner in New York
This past Saturday was one of the most anticipated evenings, preparing for a Greek Supper Club in Manhattan. Here’s the setting: Upper East Side of Manhattan, a cozy restaurant called Amali being the venue and over 50 guests bought seats to try out my food. MY FOOD! The idea to do this dinner in New […]
Curley Calamari on Spanakorizo
I’ve been given the privilege to write/share recipes and food ideas on Inside Toronto’s web portal. I first shared this dish a couple of months ago at my Lenten Greek Supper Club. Basically you have fancy Spanakorizo molded on a plate then topped with a quick sauté of curly calamari. Click here to read the […]
Octopus Mosaic With Shaved Asparagus & Beet Dressing
I made this recipe a couple of weeks ago for my Aroma Messinia Greek Supper Club and it was a big hit. A successful dish delivers when it catches the eye, it’s presented well and it tastes great. What I’ve done here is take some ingredients used often by Greeks and use them in a […]
Greek Food Gazette 24/05/2013
Some seats left for my cooking class this weekend, One Night in Athens Benaki Museum (Athens) to host Gastronomy Days from May 24-26th The northern Greek city of Edessa celebrated cherries with its 1st Annual Gastronomy Festival May 17-19 One more week until I come to New York to cook at Amali restuarant on June […]
Pizza With Rapini & Italian Sausage
While I was writing my book and researching info on Mediterranean cooking, I learned that the foraging of wild greens went beyond Greece – folks in Italy, southern France and in the Balkans like their bitter greens…and so should you! Here in Canada, we don’t have the wealth of wild greens available to us in […]
Aroma Messinia – Dinner Recap
Last Tuesday’s Greek Supper Club was a sell out – 48 of my dinner guests sat together in two long tables to enjoy an authentic Greek meal. The dinner’s theme was the cuisine of Messinia, located in the southwestern tip of the Peloponnese. The dinner took place at the Burroughes Building on Queen Street West […]