Souvlaki (Σουβλάκι)
This is a recipe update from July 2008. Souvlaki is probably the best known as most popular Greek offering. It is made and enjiyed by Greeks in their home and it appears on practically every Greek restaurant and taverna’s menu. Here, I present to you the pork souvlaki. For best results, marinade the pork the […]
Tarragon Chicken With Peas and Carrots
File this recipe in the category of “quick weeknight dinners that transport you to a restaurant”. This dish was one of the first dishes I ever cooked and it’s also one where I enjoyed the experience of cooking with “significant other” and loved it. Do you like cooking on your own or do you allow […]
Pasta Shells Stuffed With Roasted Red Peppers and Feta
Packages, surprises, bundles are all still welcome in this fickle world. Take the time to stop and enjoy the simpler things in life, including food. Serving little surprises are most welcome and they are usually met with a positive reaction from your dinner guests.Today we’re stuffing pasta shells. You know, the jumbo shells…the bigger the […]
Shrimp & Pasta of St. Nicholas
Do you want the recipe for five or for one hundred?? I knew you would say five. A couple of weeks ago, my mother was asked by her friends in the lady’s auxiliary (Philoptichos) of our parish, St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, for a pasta recipe to feed one hundred on the eve of St. […]
Ricotta Dumplings With Crispy Chorizo, Mushrooms and Sage
It’s less than a month away from Christmas and many of you are in the holiday mode with parties, work functions and thoughts of Christmas with family and friends. Some of your early birds have already begun shopping for gifts. The foodie in you (or your friends) always has room for another good cookbook. Why […]
Athens: History, Culture and Lobster
How can one summarize the city of Athens in a blog post? That would be a fool’s game. Athens is the capital of Greece, practically in the center of the mainland, the economic and government hub of the country and home to half of Greece’s population. For those who have traveled to Greece, you will […]
Anogeia Lamb With Macaronia
This dish is inspired by a recipe I’ve seen in a few Greek cookbooks and the recipe involves lamb (or goat), boiling the pasta in meat stock and the result is a meal that tastes way more complex than the ingredient list would lead you to believe. The village of Anogeia is located over 700 […]
Greek Macaroni & Cheese
Toronto is experiencing one the coolest summers and definitely a wet one with a couple of rainfalls a day. The thermometer has breached 30 Celsius a mere three times. Toronto has also seen some labour unrest with some summer strikes (major one being a strike by the city’s garbage collectors). Me thinks summer is on […]
Spaghetti With Tomato and Basil
Of all the Italian dishes that one could (and can love), for me there is a no equal to the quick, delicious and simple Spaghetti with tomato sauce and basil. Living in Canada, we are blessed to be living in a harmonious and multicultural country that is Canada. Here in Toronto, we boast of having […]
Hilopites With Mushrooms and Mint
Hilopites (pronounced “HEE-lo-Pee-tez”) are a class of pasta that are made in Greece and some families still have their own recipe, many festivals have ladies selling their artisan pasta and other dry noodles and they are definitely available at Greek supermarkets. The most common Hilopites are a small square pasta that are often used in […]