Chicken Fricassée
The origin of the name is French and my version of Chicken Fricassée borrows from both cuisines.
Manouri, Citrus, Pistachios & Pomegranate Salad
This salad is built for winter: my popular three-citrus dressing, salad greens, Manouri cheese, mandarins and pomegranate seeds and finally, pistachios for some nice crunch.
Manestra from Corfu
Today’s recipe is a manestra, a stovetop kritharaki (orzo) dish that’s made/known throughout Greece.
Pork Rosto from Naxos
This dish is made on the island of Naxos, for sure neighboring Paros, Mikres Cyclades and even Amorgos.
Chicken Vinsanto
This dish could be made on a weeknight or weekend, packs lots of flavour with mushrooms, herbs, stock and the wine.
Best Dishes of 2021
Happy New Year! The year (2021) is in the past and I am sure many of you are happy that a new year is upon us. The end of the year is a time for reflection and I recently took a look at my posts/recipes of 2021 and here are some of the dishes that […]
My YiaYia’s Meat Sauce
My yiayia would call them “petaloudes” aka butterflies.
Garlic Shrimp & Calamari on Fava
A couple of years ago, during one of my Supper Clubs, I served pan-seared calamari on a bed of fava. In Greek cookery, fava refers to a puree made from yellow split peas. My friends at BuyGreek.shop sell an excellent fava product that cooks quickly, possesses a gorgeous yellow colour and most importantly, they taste […]
Pumpkin Risotto with Bacon
For those who live in/around Toronto and you’re familiar with the local food scene, you’d have to be living under a rock if you haven’t heard of Chef Mark McEwan. He was the youngest executive Chef at the Sutton Place Hotel, his company runs a series of upscale restaurants, a gourmet supermarket, catering services and […]
Rooster Braised in Wine with Trahana
The French have “Coq au Vin” and us Greeks have “Kokkoros Krasato”. Both dishes are are alike as a rooster gets braised in wine (among other things) but the flavour profile is different. It’s best to not confuse the two dishes. So how does a rooster end up in the kitchen pot and ultimately on […]