Fettucine With Mushroom Bolognese
If you saw the Pork dish I made last night, you too would want to have a vegetarian dish as a follow-up meal. I’m also really excited to share this recipe for a Mushroom Bolognese sauce. This pasta dish is for those that love mushrooms and you’re looking for a way to serve them as […]
Mussels Saganaki With Mustard
In the town near to our summer home in Greece, is a “psaro taverna” or seafood tavern that’s been a favourite of our family & friends for years. The taverna’s name is Kapetan Giakoumis and the proprietor is this portly fellow with long curly dark brown hair. Think rolly-polly Diego Maradona. Our summer home is […]
Roasted Sea Bass With Potatoes & Fennel
I’ve noticed that I’ve been seeing good quality (very fresh) sea bass and sea bream on the iced displays at local fishmongers. Both the sea bream and sea bass are a Mediterranean fish and as I looked on the side of the Styrofoam boxes that contain these fish packed in ice – they are shipped […]
Pork Tigania With Cabbage & Mushrooms
Today’s dish will transport you to a Greek taverna in the mountains. The sea is never more than three hours away in Greece but mountains are everywhere. I have a cousin in Greece, Stefanos and let’s just say he’s another “Kalofaga” or gourmet. Stefano once told me he loves winter! I find this odd coming […]
Giouvesti With Keftedes
During the holidays (December) most of us were running at a fast clip with work-related parties, dinners with family and friends and the big dinners around Christmas and New Year’s. December was a month to add some extra cheese, use more butter, creams, that extra-thick steak and ask for seconds of rich dessert. A lot […]
Radish and Cucumber Salad With Feta
January is the month where we return to a more “normal” course of dieting, look for ways to eat some more calorie-wise dishes. Afterall, December consisted of work parties, gatherings with family and friends, seconds (and thirds) are encouraged and a “devil may care” attitude is adopted with regards to food. Place some food under […]
Macedonian Sausages
As my parents have related to me on many occasions, the family pig would get slaughtered just a few days before Christmas and the ritual of butchering the pig and using everything but the squeal. Chops, loins for the Christmas dinners, pigs feet, ears, tail & head would be kept outside until the Epiphany whereby […]
Ladotyri
The first time I ever tried Ladotyri was during my visit to the island of Naxos. Located in the Cyclades islands, Naxos is the largest of this cluster of islands and it boasts of being self-reliant with it’s own water, livestock, extensive crop farming and beautiful beaches to attract its fair share of tourists. The […]
Braised Lamb Shanks & Beans
I had a steak earlier this week and it was just okay. I’m not eating as much meat as I used to and certainly less steak. At the same, I am greatly enjoying the tougher cuts of meat, the challenges in the kitchen to make them tender and relishing the triumph of tasting a delicious, […]
Baked Oysters “Emmy” With Tomatoes, Capers & Feta
The recipes on this site arrive here by way of many avenues: recipes from my family, some from relatives, other dishes I’ve discovered while in Greece, something I’ve tried at a restaurant that’s so delicious that I have to reproduce it and sharing with you all, cookbooks/magazines, other blogs or suggestions from the many, many […]