Broiled Lobster Tails With Oil Lemon Sauce
With winter finally giving way to warmer weather – that means we can enjoy the outdoors more and that means cooking and entertaining outside as well. Ladies and gentlemen, start your grills – it’s time to cook some lobster tails. Many grocery stores and fish mongers sell these frozen tails and they are very easy […]
Roast Cod With Tomato Caper Topping
This past week, Greeks celebrated Greek Independence Day on March 25th. I organized Greek Supper Club that was a celebration of Lenten food and as per tradition, salt cod was served to dinner guests. March 25th is a double celebration as it also falls on Annunciation Day. Although this national holiday falls within Lent, salt […]
Greek Independence Day Supper Club Recap
March 25th is a double celebration for Greece – both a historical and a religious one. Greeks celebrate the beginning of the struggle for independence from the Ottomans in 1821. The Greek-Orthodox church celebrates the Annunciation by Archangel Gabriel to Virgin Mary, and that she should become the mother of Christ. Forty guests attended this […]
Grilled Calamari With Vine Leaf Chimichurri Sauce
The recipe is a riff on a Greek-style Chimichurri that I serve with grilled meat. Favourites are flank steak and chicken souvlaki. The inspiration for this sauce comes from the Argentinians, who often serve this housemade condiment at their big, meat-centric cook-outs. More simply, its a salsa verde (green sauce) and I’ve added dried Greek […]
Estiatorio Milos in Athens
Surely, one of the best meals I had last year had to be when I dined at Estiatorio Milos, located in the Athens Hilton. Centrally located (every cabbie knows where the Hilton is), you can get to this place with little trouble and you’ll be rewarded with a Greek dinner, par excellence. Estiatorio Milos has […]
Kalofagas Greek Carnival Feast Recap
This past Tuesday, I hosted my second Greek Supper Club that celebrated Greek Carnival with a meat-heavy menu. The dinner this time was at Megas Restaurant on the Danforth and I like to thank Nikos Kostis for once again opening up his kitchen to allow me to cook for the evening’s guests. A sold out […]
Greek-Style Caesar Salad With Pastourma and Saganaki Cheese
This is one those dishes where you are going to have to go to a Greek grocery store for many of the ingredients. There are ingredients like Pastourma, Cretan rusks, Saganaki cheese and there’s some more familiar ingredients like capers and sun-dried tomatoes. I served a version of this salad this past week at my […]
Greek Food Gazette 01/02/2014
Some spots still left for this Monday’s Fish and Seafood workshop “Pantou”, an EU website for travelers to Greece with disabilities Halkidiki expects return of Dutch tourists with Transavia flying to Thessaloniki Here are four ancient sites to see while visiting Crete Park of Canada inaugurated in Thessaloniki
Lobster Spaghetti With Star Anise
I make dishes like these because I miss the summer, especially summer in Greece. One of the fondest memories I have from last year’s vacation was a day trip to Elafonissos, a small island just off the the coast of Neapoli, southern Peloponnese. The island has a pretty little main town, about 5 beaches and […]
Greek Food Gazette 25/01/2014
Kalofagas holding a Greek fish and seafood workshop on Feb.3rd The restaurant at the Acropolis Museum listed in top 5 museums to eat at Aegean Islands tops list of best wine travel destinations Visitors love Thessaloniki, survey shows Greek wine starting to make its mark in the US Greek-Orthodox church in diaspora sends money […]