Baked Sea Bass
It’s back to seafood folks. Yesterday I came upon some black sea bass fillets. I was told these were Atlantic sea bass, so I was buying something relatively local and the fish did not make a cross-country journey to get to my table. Had the weather been better, I would have sought a whole fish […]
Poached John Dory Fillet
It’s Friday and some of you are screaming TGIF and you’re eagerly awaiting the weekend. Some of you might even be listening to Loverboy! Fridays for me also mean that it’s no meat today (at least I try). One doesn’t have to go “all out” vegan but the I like the break from meat each […]
Fillet of John Dory With Shrimp Sauce
About a week ago I was searching for new recipes that use flat/white fish recipes. I’m talking about sole, flounder, turbot or in this case, John Dory fillet. There’s a sight called Video Jug and it has quite an extensive video library of “how to’s” in many categories (including cooking). This recipe caught my eye […]
Turkey Pot Pie
I finally got to the pot O’ gold at the end of my rainbow of leftover turkey. We ate turkey for Thanksgiving, had the same dinner as leftovers on Tuesday, made turkey sandwiches, made hot turkey and stuffing sandwiches, made turkey club-houses and boiled the carcass for some tasty turkey stock. With the turkey stock […]
Not Your Average Souvlaki
One of the goals I have with this blog thing, outlet, mania, passion is to shed light onto what I think is good food and a natural focus on good Greek food. Greek food as I know it at a Greek family’s table or as I’ve experienced in Greece. There is much more to Greek […]
Garlic Sauce, Aioli, Skordalia
Greeks are big on dips and today’s particular dip is called Skordalia. Skordo means garlic, so Skordalia is simply garlic sauce or an Aioli. Skordalia can be often served to accompany thinly sliced deep-fried zucchini, fried salt-cod filets or as dip with veggies or fries. There are many varying recipes for Skordalia using a different […]
Warm Grilled Calamari & Prawn Salad
OPA! I’m going to Greece soon and I although I won’t be posting much (if at all), I’ll be taking notes, trying new dishes and photographing every morsel for everyone. I have some ideas to try but I’ve patiently waited for my time in Greece. I’ll be using seasonal Greek produce and I’ll be on […]
Sole Gascogne
One of my earliest memories of food & cooking shows was watching flamboyant Graham Kerr as the Galloping Gourmet…remember him? The Galloping Gourmet’s TV career actually began in Canada & his show was taped at CJOH in Ottawa for the CBC. Still don’t remember him? He used cook and always drink wine, sometimes be by […]
Tuna Salad With Toasted Pine Nuts
I’m always trying to exhibit/show something a little different when it comes time to write my entry for Weekend Herb Blogging. I made my tuna salad with toasted pine nuts and I I surmised that pine nuts would be a good topic. Before we go on to 101 pine nuts, make sure you click-on over […]
Grilled Octopus
Like most kids, I had an aversion to seafood (other than fish sticks) and there was no way I would put that thing in my mouth (octopus). However, during a family trip to Greece in 1980 I was the “tag-along” with my favourite uncle treating my dad and other uncles to an array of Greek […]