Lobster Saganaki (Αστακος Σαγανακι)
It’s time for another saganaki dish. There are a lot of “saganaki” dishes on this blog but this one is the tastiest. REALLY! Most of you are familiar with the flaming cheese saganaki (a taverna favourite) but there are many types of saganaki dishes. Saganaki is the two-handled dish that it’s served in – so […]
Pickled Green Beans – Φασολακια Τουρσι (Στίπα)
A few weeks back I made Hosafi, a dish from the Pontian Greeks and I alluded that I would share with you in due course and the time has come. This past summer in Greece, I spent a weekend visiting the diverse, delicious and distant city of Xanthi…a Greek city closer to the Turkish border […]
Roast Pork Belly and Potatoes
It’s been awhile since I’ve shared a Sunday meal with you but I think the wait was well worth it. In this dish, pork belly makes a return and I pair it with roast potatoes, fresh herbs from my garden, olive oil, lemon juice, seasonings and good ole’ fashioned heat from your oven. The only […]
Greek Food Gazette 14/10/2011
The Simon Fraser University in British Columbia receives a $7 million grant towards Greek language, history and Byzantine studies Ruth Kozak explores the little Byzantine churches of Athens, this site also gives you the floor plans for some Have you had a cold Greek one before? Beer that is…here’s a look at nine Greek micro-breweries […]
Goat Cheese-Stuffed Onions
This past summer while in Greece I visited the island of Lefkada, situated on the Ionian side of Greece. Each day was spent visiting a new beach and each evening it was a new dining adventure. Sometimes it was seafood and sometimes meat. Many dishes were sampled – some good, some were “meh” and others…memorable. […]
Imam me Metsovone
A Turkish dish that’s entered the kitchen’s (and bellies) of Greeks is Imam Baildi – the literal translation being “the imam fainted”. From the all the olive oil ingested in this olden dish. I’m calling this Imam as the canoes of eggplant filled with vegetables and topped with cheese still resemble this classic. I’m avoiding […]
Tourlou With Seafood
Eggplants are in season in Greece from August and here in Canada, you can still find sweet (not bitter) eggplants at your local grocer or farmer’s market. Eggplant is one of the ingredients in classic vegetarian dish called Briam and the similar dish (we’re cooking today) called Tourlou. Toulou is like a ratatouille but not […]
Hosafi – Compote of Dried Fruit
Having been back in Canada now for a few days and almost over the jet lag, I’ve had plenty of time to think about how begin writing about this past summer’s vacation to Greece. For starters, I did spend any time in Athens (other than some dead time waiting for connecting flights to/from Thessaloniki). This […]
Rocket Salad With Figs and Graviera
There’s a saying that “what grows together goes together” and if there ever was a dish to reinforce this saying – it’s this salad. The days are still hot here in Greece but with August gone and the days shortening there’s some relief as the evenings become cooler. Cooler temperatures also bring in some fall/autumn […]
Gavros Saganaki (Γαύρος Σαγανάκι)
There are some things that just MUST be eaten when in Greece: vine-ripe tomatoes, freshly pressed olive oil, tree-ripened figs, watermelon and cantaloupe and the fresh fish – anchovies in particular. Erase whatever preconceived notion you have of the anchovy. Forget about the salty tinned or jarred variety or that pizza with the dreaded anchovies […]