Kourkouto With Zucchini
The dish’s title contains the word Kourkouto (from Kourkouti), which means a “batter” and a major component of the dish is flour. This dish is easy, it’s Greek, you won’t freak out about how to handle phyllo and it’s wonderful hot or cold. In the ingredient’s list, the two cheeses used are Feta and Kasseri. […]
Spanakorizo With Green Olives & Feta
I am going to a dinner this coming Friday but I went to the person’s home early…one week early! I mixed up my calendar and thought the dinner was happening last Friday. I arrive at the appropriate time, wine in hand for the hostess and she pulls into the driveway right after I do. Looking […]
Kokkinisto With Beef Short Ribs
Every time I have this dish I get all sentimental and think about Greece. The first time I visited Greece was in 1974, I was 7 yrs. old and Greece had one foot in the past and the other firmly placed in the future. This visit to Greece would also be my first visit to […]
Cross-Rib Pot Roast
One of my family’s favourite Sunday meals centers around a Prime Rib Dinner. It’s not a cheap cut of meat (Prime Rib) but it’s fitting for a Sunday meal. From Medieval times, the wealthy used to get to eat the tender, more expensive cuts and the rest of us were left with scraps, offal and […]
Avgotaraho (plus a recipe)
Today, I wish to share a dish that uses an ingredient that’s been harvested, salt-cured and enjoyed since Byzantine times. I find it amusing when some people try to predict food trends and declare a certain ingredient as “passe” when the cuisine and ingredient itself have survived the ages.
Greek Christmas Recipe Round-Up
I decided to organize some Christmas dishes for you to consider when you’re planning your Christmas, holiday and New Year’s menus. These are some options divided simply in savory and sweet categories. Eat when you drink, drink when you eat and reach out and invite someone extra to the table. You’ll feel good! Savory Greek […]
Rotisserie Pork Ribs
One of my favourite dishes is pork ribs, generously painted with BBQ sauce and I enjoy it both winter and summer. My usual recipe is a foolproof oven method…apartment ribs as some call it (because they don’t have grills).I do have a grill, both gas and charcoal but I’m often using my new Napolean grill, […]
Greek Easter Recipe Round-Up
Many of you have visited my Recipe Round-Up for Lent and I hope that I’ve helped you find some interesting dishes to break-up the monotony of the usual Lenten fare. We’re fast approaching Greek Easter and preparations are already beginning in my household! Greek Easter is centered around lamb or goat and the whole day […]
Lamb on the Spit (αρνί-στη-σούβλα)
It’s the day after Easter and it’s also the Feast of St. George so my best wishes and “Hronia Polla” go out to all the George’s out there. I have to admit I’m quite today. Yesterday was a huge success. Toronto basked in a glorious and sunny 20C with little wind. Greek Easter is meant […]
Shrimp Giouvetsi
Giouvetsi is a class of Greek casserole dishes. Vegetables, stock, kritharaki and your choice of protein make up this rustic, straight-forward and delicious dish. Today’s dish is another offering for your Lenten table. I start off with making a stock with the peel shells of your shrimp. The next step is to soften/sweat the vegetables […]