Calamari Stuffed With Shrimp and Smoked Metsovone Cheese
As a general rule, cheese and fish & seafood shouldn’t be mixed but there are always exceptions and when it comes to Greek food, we have some wonderful cheese and seafood combos like Shrimp Saganaki and Mussels Saganaki. Today I’m taking this delicate but delicious combo of cheese and seafood to calamari aka squid. For […]
Greek Food Gazette 17/02/2012
“Smyrna. The destruction of a Cosmopolitan city” photo exhibit at the Benaki Museum in Athens A feature on the Kotsarelos family, making artisan cheese (Feta) for three generations Six ways the Greek economy can bounce back Greeks have created an alternative informal bartering system to cope with the crisis Two women go hiking through Greece’s […]
Pork Chops With Mustard & Honey
Tomorrow’s Tsiknopempti in Greece, a day that means “burnt Thursday” with all the meats being grilled/cooked on this Dionysian Carnival day. Backyard grills are pulled out, charcoal and/or wood is lit and the long train of varied meats are laid-out and grilled and just when you thought you were full, another plate arrives at the […]
Tsaitia
Here in Toronto, we have Greeks from all over Greece, much like other cities in the Greek diaspora. The origins of where those Greeks came from can (and will) vary depending on immigration patterns of that region in Greece. If a certain relative or villager went to say, Australia then more folks from that part […]
Greek Food Gazette 11/02/2012
Greek wine spotlight: Hatzidakis Assyrtiko from Santorini Souvlaki is still king, despite the Greek crisis Olympic flame to be lit on May 1oth in Olympia then make its trek to London Diane Farr-Louis talks about Cucina Povera, Greek Style This flash-mob taped in Ottawa, Greece underlines that the Greek spirit will never fade
Makaronia With Tarama
A recent article by Diana Farr Louis titled “Cucina Povera – Greek Style” got me thinking about all the tasty dishes in Greek cookery that were concocted during times of poverty and necessity. There’s the Macedonian Makalo, a flour-based sauce, there’s potato stew (Yiachni), the countless boiled greens harvested from the countryside, Bobota (bread from […]
Have Knives, Will Travel
Happy Chef was kind enough to send me a sample to review. I was sent a set of nine chef knives plus a nylon case for travel. The set begins with a 9″ chef knife and at the other end of the spectrum is a 12″ sharpening steel, carving fork and kitchen scissors. I liked […]
Lemon Halva
Last year was a pretty good year on a personal level. The blog keeps on rising in popularity, I’m cooking the best food I’ve ever showcased here and I’m meeting some wonderful people – all not possible had I not created this blog back in 2007. Last year I was invited to attend the Sani […]
Marianthe’s Baked Octopus and Eggplant
Last year when I visited the Gerovassliou winery in Epanomi (near Thessaloniki), it was my second time for a tour of the winery and museum. As you will recall the first visit was cut-short because I arrived late and the winery was closing. I had to wait one whole year to come back tho this […]
Domaine Gerovassiliou & Wine Museum
It’s time to start thinking about summer vacations and I’m once again urging you to visit Greece. Price-wise there has never been a better time and secondly, it’s still such a wonderful place for a vacation…ignore what you see happening in Athens. There’s so much more to Greece and I promise you – once you […]