Creamy Potato Salad with Salmon and Shrimp
I have a TV package that allows me to watch programming from all over the world. I sometimes go to British TV and I’ve been enjoying some cooking shows from Merry Berry. North Americans may know her from the Great British Baking Show, She recently shared this Potato Salad dish with Salmon and Shrimp and […]
Pasta With Italian Sausage and Broccolini
It’s often said the best pasta dishes are the quickest ones and today’s offering underlines this truism. One pot and one skillet on the stovetop, the pot of water blanches broccolini then does double-duty with cooking the pasta in the same water. The skillet is where the sausage meat is browned, onions and garlic cooked […]
Grilled Pork Belly
One of my favourite meat cuts is pork belly. Where else can you get juicy, crispy, fatty and firm all in one bite? When cooked properly, you get all that with pork belly. The key is to render the fat so that the meat is tender, the skin is crisp and just a think layer […]
Classic Spaghetti Carbonara
This is an Italian classic (Roman) but I first tasted this dish when I visited the Greek island of Corfu in 1988. Carbonara is very popular in Greece and it’s often found on menus alongside other pastas & pizzas. Legend has it the name “carbonara” comes from all the black pepper in the dish…reminiscent of […]
Trahana with Bacon and Egg
Cooler weather arrives and comfort dishes warm our bellies and our hearts. Trahana is a Greek pantry item that’s gonna deliver today’s feel-good dish. It is nourishing, comforting, easy and quick to prepare is trahana. This ancient Greek ingredient is made by boiling cracked wheat in either milk or yogurt, then drying it in the […]
Quick Pan-Fried Sole
The cooler evenings are here, back to the stove-top for whipping up meals. I love fish and seafood and one of the quickest, easiest dishes is to pan-fry is sole. Sole is a flatfish, others in the same family are flounder, fluke. It used to be on the menus of many fish/seafood and steak restaurants. […]
Grilled Short Ribs With Greek-Style Chimichurri
Here in Canada, it’s definitely now Autumn but we loved to grill and cool weather rarely gets in the way. We also are truly a multicultural country and here in Toronto, we are exposed to so many international tastes and flavours. Today, we are grilling beef short ribs, something I first tasted as Korean grilled […]
Cod Saganaki with Scallops and Mussels
As a cook, I get my inspiration from in many ways: through travel, exploring your own city’s dining scene, family and friends, TV shows, cookbooks and media (internet). The inspiration for this dish came from Chef Eric Ripert, a French Chef who grown up on the Cote D’Azur and he’s made his Le Bernardin restaurant […]
Beef Kokkinisto with Makaronia
There are dishes that every Greek family knows. We’ve all had this dish at home or at a taverna. There may be some minor differences but the basics of the dish remain. In today’s case, we’re talking about Beef Kokkinisto aka “reddened” beef. This is a slow cooked beef stew in tomato sauce with spices. […]
Roast Rock Lobster Tail
Remember the B52’s song “Rock Lobster”? That’s what we’re talkin’ about here. The main difference between an Atlantic lobster and a rock lobster is the tail. You get more tail meat with a rock lobster, also known as a spiny lobster. These lobsters are found in the Caribbean and Mediterranean, so you are likely to […]