Greek Food Gazette 19/03/2011
My friend and regular reader of the blog, Theodore Nanos, sent me a photo he took parasailing high atop of the island of Kos. As always, send your favourite photos from Greece (or from any Greek community around the world) to truenorth67 AT gmail DOT com and your photo may appear on an […]
Greek Food Gazette 11/03/2011
Greece ranks high in Lonely Planet’s list of “best countries for food” Not your typical Greek salad: chefs in Greece who are leaving their own signature on Greek cuisine Travel spotlight: Florina, exemplifying Greece’s northern beauty Rebetiko film raises the curtain for this year’s Thessaloniki Documentary Festival Another study pointing to Greek diet and the […]
Greek Food Gazette 04/03/2011
Greece can be found everywhere…even at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Nisrine Merzouki of the blog “Dinners & Dreams” took this photo of Cat Cora’s restaurant in Disney World. As always, send your favourite photos from Greece (or from any Greek community around the world) to truenorth67 AT gmail DOT com and your photo may […]
Christine Cushing is Fearless in the Kitchen
For those here in Canada, Christine Cushing is a household name, having appeared on Food Network Canada (a franchise of the US parent company) from the very beginning. I remember first seeing Christine on her “Dish It Out” show but she went nationwide tackling the vacant early evening slot with her live one-hour cooking show […]
Greek Food Gazette 25/02/2010
This week’s photo was sent in my Iveta Hortashka from when she visited Egremni Beach on the island of Lefkada. The photo was take by her friend Alexander Hinkov and I think Lefkada just moved up on my list of islands to visit. As always, send your favourite photos from Greece (or from any Greek […]
Greek Food Gazette 18/02/2011
Top Chef contestant and Greek-American Marissa Churchill is interviewed in Greece’s “Eltherotypia” on the release of her first book, “Sweet & Skinny” Theodoros Pantaleon, Thessaloniki’s master of herbs & spices Traditional menus are winning over modern, “nouveau” Greek cuisine A community on the Black Sea (north-east Turkey) discovered where they speak an Romeyka, an Ancient […]
Greek Food Gazette 11/02/2011
This week’s photo was sent in by friend and fellow Canadian blogger Val of More Than Burnt Toast. Val’s blog offers delicious West Coast dishes mixed in with some international flavours. Val has traveled to Greece and I consider her a friend of Greece and Greek cuisine. As always, send in your photos of Greece […]
Greek Food Gazette 4/02/2010
This week’s photo was sent in by Artemis Tsipi from Greece. Artemis has just started blogging and I encourage you to have a look at her blog, Wonderfoodland. The photos are gorgeous and the blog is available in both English and Greek! As always, send in your photos of Greece or any photo with “aroma […]
Greek Food Gazette 28/01/2010
Today’s photo is of the harbour of the island of Kastellorizo in the Dodecanese Islands and it was kindly sent by Julia of the blog, Turkey’s For Life. Can Greek food save the West? Greece makes the cover of Conde Nast Traveller and a feature article Frank Bruni shares on how to eat well in […]
Good Things Happenin’
Chalk this week and being pretty damn good: I attended a reception at the residence of the Consul General of Greece here in Toronto to meet and have a conversation with the new Greek Ambassador to Canada, His Excellency Eleftherios Angellopoulos. I was delighted to be invited among other Greeks in the city who conduct […]