Octopus With Olives & Potatoes
As an ingredient, Greeks “own octopus”, as Greek-food Guru Diane Kochilas said earlier this week. No one owns any particular ingredient but we proudly cook it (with skill) and there are countless octopus dishes in Greek cuisine from salads to stews, grilled to giouvetsi. You’ll find octopus in practically every corner of regional Greek cooking […]
An Evening in Greece, Dinner at Estiatorio Malena
I’m delighted to announce that Estiatorio Malena and myself are co-hosting a dinner titled “an evening in Greece”. Yorkville’s Malena has been entertaining dinner guests for almost two years with its Ionian cuisine – influenced from the Italian and Greek cuisine that hugs the Ionian Sea. “An evening in Greece” takes place on Wednesday, March […]
Mushroom Giouvetsi
My love of mushrooms goes back to as early as I can remember eating on my own. I remember my mom sauteeing mushrooms with butter and finishing them with a squeeze of lemon juice and finishing them with some dried Greek oregano. Back then (70’s) one could only find white button mushrooms but today the […]
Grilled Trout With Yellow Beans, Red Wine Vinegar & Grape Shoots
This meal came ‘full circle’ if you will. I remember a summer vacation to Greece – it was 1983 and we had just spent the weekend during Panagias (Aug. 15th) in the Panagia Soumela and Naoussa area of central Macedonia. After feasting on roast-roasted rotisserie goat there was no room for food on that day […]
Greek Food Gazette 02/03/2012
A “must read” article from a Chinese journalist who shares his love of Greek food Oenorama, Greece’s largest wine exhibition takes place in Athens March 16 – 19th Athanasios Fragkis loves Greek food so much he’s opened a company (Nostimia) in Japan to distribute Greek food products A new wave of Greek immigrants saying “Yassou” […]
Lenten Cake
It’s good to see so many clicking and looking for Lent-friendly dishes – just a few days ago this site experienced the largest spike it traffic EVER. Thank you! A quick look at the links to all of my Lent-friendly dishes and you’ll see that the sweet side of Lent is a little lean – […]
Calamari Sandwich With a Smoky Yogurt Sauce
One of my favourite Greek appetizers has to be fried calamari. It’s the freshness of the sea, the tender squid tubes and tentacles dredged in flour and fried until golden. You get a slight crunch from the coating then the tender squid in your mouth explodes with flavour. Calamari (squid) are found at your local […]
Greek Food Gazette 24/02/2012
Food-aid takes off in Athens The Cine Thisseio in Athens is an outdoor cinema with a view of the Acropolis and listed as #1 in the world The American Farm School in Thessaloniki announces its Greek Summer 2012 program Greek traditional Carnival masks on display at Byzantine Museum in Veroia Diane Kochilas explores Lesbos, known […]
Baked Cauliflower & Broccoli With Cheddar
It’s Cheesfare Week in Greece and for all other Orthodox Christians in the world. Although Great Lent doesn’t begin until next Monday, this week is filled with many cheese-filled sides, snacks and entrees. Greeks will be having dishes with lots of cheese like pasta dishes, pizzas and what could be better than fried cheese? One […]
Makaronia Sto Gazaki
The Carnival period of Greek Lent is over. That is to say…all though partying and parades continue through the week until this upcoming Sunday, that eating meat is done. We are now into cheesefare week or Tyrini and all week Greeks will be enjoying cheese-based dishes. Great Lent with commence next Monday with Clean Monday […]