Sardines and Such
You see them on the shelves of your grocery store. You see them in the discount bin, you have them in your cellar (a whole case), just in case Armegeddon arrives. You can now have them included in your recipe box. My first experiment with sardine tins came in the fall of 2007 and I […]
Brown Bagging for Dinner
The French have a knack for making something very simple to sound “chi-chi-frou-frou” and charging a helluva’lot for it. I can be frugal. Tonight’s dinner was “en papillote” but I ran out of parchment paper. “En papillote” simply means “in paper”. I’ve seen many dishes that are tucked into little packages of foil, parchment, pastry […]
Zucchini Linguine
Not only is this side dish easy but it’s fun to recite…zucchini linguine. I’m a poet and I don’t even know it! I saw this recipe in a Greek food magazine that appears monthly in the weekend edition of Kathemerini (The Daily). Each month I head down to Toronto’s Greek town (The Danforth) and I […]
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 […]