Spaghetti With Zucchini
I’ve always enjoyed travel shows, especially ones that have a strong focus on the food that is specific to that region. With the Pandemic still limiting the mobility of most, these travel shows are a way for us to escape and perhaps plan on future trips. Enter Stanley Tucci’s “Searching for Italy”, the actor (starred […]
Lemon Kritharaki with Lobster
For a year now, I’ve had more time on my hands to pay attention to the things I’ve let slip by. One of those things has been to share recipes on this site as I used to before I got busy with Greek Supper Clubs, catering and cooking classes. Today’s recipe is from a dish […]
Creamy Egg Noodles With Feta
I’ve been enjoying pasta with Feta since I was a kid. It’s a Greek thing. My mom would boil macaroni, spaghetti or egg noodles (hilopites) and toss in some butter and top with crumbled Feta. This version is my adult version with the addition of black pepper and a hint of ground nutmeg. If you […]
Bay Scallops With Spaghetti
I love seafood and one of my favourites are scallops. The bigger ones are known as Diver Scallops and the smaller ones (what we are cooking with today) are Bay Scallops. They get their name as they are found in shallow bays and estuaries in the northeast Atlantic. Autumn is considered peak season but one […]
Chicken with Hilopites
My parents, who come from towns in Florina prefecture, would make this dish with Keftedes or in this case, chicken. Both proteins affordable and complementary to such a rustic dish. It’s an easy dish to prepare but in keeping with Greek cooking philosophy, use quality ingredients and they will speak for themselves. Good chicken, ripe […]
Classic Macaroni & Cheese
People love to eat food that evokes memories (good ones) and I loved Macaroni & Cheese as a child. We’ve all opened a box of Kraft Dinner (KD) and some still do. During the first Covid wave, one of the items to vanish from supermarket shelves was boxed mac n’ cheese. Fast forward to “adult […]
Cream Filled Diples
December is almost here and you’re planning (or already) making your holiday treats. We may not have as many visitors or visiting as many people this year but there’s nothing to stop you from gifting a box of cookies and pastries. Besides Melomakarona and Kourabiedes (standard Greek Christmas cookies), many families from the Peloponnese will […]
Classic Spaghetti Carbonara
This is an Italian classic (Roman) but I first tasted this dish when I visited the Greek island of Corfu in 1988. Carbonara is very popular in Greece and it’s often found on menus alongside other pastas & pizzas. Legend has it the name “carbonara” comes from all the black pepper in the dish…reminiscent of […]
Beef Kokkinisto with Makaronia
There are dishes that every Greek family knows. We’ve all had this dish at home or at a taverna. There may be some minor differences but the basics of the dish remain. In today’s case, we’re talking about Beef Kokkinisto aka “reddened” beef. This is a slow cooked beef stew in tomato sauce with spices. […]
Beef Noodles With Metaxa and Mushrooms
I’ve made this dish many times: back in Greece with kavourma, with pork, chicken, veal, beef and pictured here, with leftover ribeye steak. The dish works best with thin pieces of meat that brown and cook quickly and will remain tender when the sauce and pasta are cooked as well. In essence, it a beef […]