Fresh Salad
During this past vacation in Greece I again returned to the warm embrace of Athens. I visited some old friends, made some new ones and I also had to cook and film a pilot to promote the concept of “Kalofagas” as a TV show. If you would like a sense of where I’m coming from […]
Caper Salad (Καππαροσαλάτα)
I had every intention of writing and sharing about my vacation and food experiences in chronological order but it’s my prerogative to change my mind. This is a food blog afterall…no place here for orderly behaviour! This year I visited three islands in the Cyclades. The Cyclades are the most famous of Greek islands which […]
Htipiti aka Tyrokaftyri
I didn’t think I had to go into further detail on the Htipiti dip (as photographed here) but I’ll run it down for you. It’s quite a free-form recipe as the measurements depend on how hot your peppers are and how salty your Feta is. You need three ingredients for this recipe: Feta cheese, Myzithra […]
Strawberry Salad
After experiencing a longer and colder winter than usual, it comes as no surprise that Ontario’s seasonal produce is appearing later on the shelves. Local field strawberries are appearing in the markets and one bite into them reminds me that local is always best. No need to steep these in sugar or any other flavour […]
Salad of Green Apples and Cabrales Cheese
A common theme that seems to repeat itself over the past few days is the demise of Tastespotting and many of you have already lamented of the void it left when it shut down. In a healthy, free-enterprise and spirited punch of creativity, many of you have offered up to replace, emulate or substitute a […]
More Zucchini and Some Shout Outs
Earlier this week I received an email from Foodbuzz that announced the winners of their contest to see which food blogs could increase their traffic the most. It was a pleasantly surprise to find out that I had come in third place, right behind Emiline of Sugar Plum and Allan of Eating Out Loud. I’d […]
I’m Feeling Kinda’ Blue
As in blue cheese, that is. During one of my recent food shopping adventures, I was lucky to find some English Stilton for a very good price. Stilton is one of the family of blue cheeses and as the saying goes, “the stinkier, the better”. I have two dishes for you today, the first being […]
Ranch Salad
One of Greece’s regular food shows on TV is called the Nistiko Arkoudi “Hungry Bear”. It started off as a regional show, produced by ERT3, out of Thessaloniki. For two years now, it’s shown weeknights nationally, on it’s parent station NET. I adapted the recipe for this salad on this episode. Before I go any […]
Satiated
After a week of having mostly lamb, it’s safe to say I’ve had enough of it (for now). I have one other lamb dish to write about but I’ll save it for later next week. Today’s entry is more about free-form cooking. It’s been awhile since I last had salmon and the fillets at my […]
Καλώς-ήρθατε-στο kalofagas
Yesterday, my blogging friend Laurie of Mediterranean Cooking in Alaska had three articles published on SKAI TV & radio’s (Greece) website as part of their focus on Great Lent Week. Now that the “cat’s out of the bag”, I can now add that I too was asked by SKAI journalist Lamprini Thoma to contribute to […]