Greek Food Gazette 21/04/2012
Sani Gourmet Festival for 2012 has just announced its line-up of chefs for this annual festival for gourmands in May Boukies opens in Manhattan offering a small plates menu created by Greek Food Guru Diane Kochilas A Brit travels back to his grandfather’s homeland – Greece Easter Sunday has passed but Alexandra Christopoulos relates the […]
Warm Citrus & Spiced Olives
If you’ve been invited for lunch or dinner at a Greek home then you’re likely to see olives also served on the table. There are literally hundreds of olive varietals and when it comes to Greece, some olive trees that were planted in the thirteenth century are still producing! Did you know that Kalamata olives […]
Candias Oil From Crete
Last month when I went down to “the Danforth” (Toronto’s Greektown) for the March 25th Greek Independence Day parade I sadly found out that one of the oldest Greek general stores was closing. Could it that many Greeks live in the ‘burbs and buy their ingredients elsewhere? Or do they buy from non-Greek businesses like […]
Lemon – Mastiha Tiramisu
Easter Sunday at a Greek household is a full day affair with extended family and friends coming over. The day is centered around the cooking of the lamb be it a whole beast slow-roasted on a spit or in the oven. While we wait, there’s appetizers, we crack our red eggs, drink wine and sip […]
Neo-Magheritsa
Margheritsa is a traditional soup made by Greeks for Orthodox Easter. It contains cleaned intestines, organs of the lamb or goat and may contain sweetbreads and even the boiled head of the animal. The meat is boiled until softened and a stock is created. Spring onions, herbs are added and the soup is finished off/thickened […]
Greek Food Gazette 13/04/2012
Cretan olive oil wins Prague tasting competition Four Greeks were passengers on the Titanic The Akrotiri archaelogical site in Sanotorini has reopened The unique and Greek spice mastiha is beginning to appear in recipes beyond Greek cuisine New wine bar in Toronto to also offer Greek wines on its menu 10 Questions for Maria Loi […]
Lemon-Pepper Calamari
When you’re hungry (especially during Lent) your belly can inspire you to create the simplest and most delicious dishes. One of the easiest dishes to prepare is fried calamari. One need only find fresh or thawed from frozen squid, mix a bowl of seasoned flour and have the confidence to fry in hot oil. Not […]
Ladenia (Λαδένια)
One of my favourite Lent-friendly dishes has to be Ladenia (roughly translated to olive bread) from the island of Kimolos. This is great for a snack, a light meal or cut-up and serve as part of your meze table. Sometimes you want something lighter or you just may want to use the ripe, juicy tomatoes […]
Fried Octopus
How many ways are there to prepare octopus? There’s grilled, boiled, baked, I recently tried “sous vide” (and it was fantastic) and now there is fried. Regardless of how you’re going to eat octopus the key is to tenderize it. The old-school way in Greece was to bash it on rocks at the beach, some […]
Greek Food Gazette 06/04/2012
Yogurt wars: Danone and Yoplait battle to keep Chobani out of Canada A visit to the Domaine Gerovassliou winery just outside of Thessaloniki Tourists expected to still head to Greece this summer Bouroume (We Can) movement continues to feed hungry in and around Athens The results of this year’s Thessaloniki wine competition are now in, […]