Mint Julep
I’m still enjoying the fine Spring weather we’ve been having here in the Toronto area. I’ve been sitting outdoors alot, getting some sun, tending to the herbs and working on some summer recipes. In the garden, the prolific mint bullies some other plants and something must be done. I’ve been enjoying the Mint Julep cocktail. […]
Greek Food Gazette 28/05/2010
55 Knives, the “all blogger” cookbook is now on sale and there’s also a chapter and recipe included from me (Short Rib Kokkinisto) The Food Blogger Network was just launched and I will be contributing to it’s Greek Food section The Greek Community of Buffalo holds its 33rd Annual Greek Festival from June 4th – […]
Zesty Prawns With Halloumi
I really enjoyed this dish as a starter. It fills the eyes, it looks exotic and there’s a lot of colour and flavour going on here. The star of the plate has to be all-Canadian BC (British Columbia) spot prawns. These prawns are in season from May and they can appear in markets for up […]
Wordless Wednesday
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Extra-Thick Pork Chop Stuffed with Roasted Red Peppers & Graviera
Last week I caught my food muse, Chef Dina Nikolaou serve up a baked pork chop stuffed with peppers and Graviera cheese and I knew I just had to try this dish…with my own personal touches. I knew that I had to translate this into a grilled dish – it’s BBQ season. Roasted red peppers […]
National Archaelogical Museum of Athens
Most of you who choose to visit Greece will also surely pass through Athens. Greek cities aren’t fun in the summer: traffic, heat, congestion but the nightlife is fantastic, the dining options appeal to all tastes and budgets and the museums – endless. To friends who ask me what to see and do in Athens […]
Crawfish (καραβίδες του γλυκού νερού)
This dish was made with the intent on transporting my parents back to their towns in located in the northern Greek prefecture of Florina. Florina is located about 2 hours northwest of Thessaloniki. It’s at the top end of Greece and it’s motto is “Where Greece Begins”. This region is mountainous with stretches of elevated […]
Greek Food Gazette 21/05/2010
Under the auspices of Melbourne’s Antipodes Festival, the Laiki Bank’s Flavours of Greece commenced on May 17th and runs until July 27th Spotlight on my friend, Konstantinos Drougos, who distributes Greek and Cypriot wines throughout the US The ambassador of Greek cuisine, Costas Spilliadis is expanding his empire. Not satisfied with restaurants in Montreal, New […]
Makaronopita With Eggplant (Μακαρονόπιτα με μελιτζανες)
It’s time for another pasta dish. Although I’ve cut down on the amount of pasta I eat, I still do love it and I have pasta at least once a week (maybe twice a week). Greeks enjoy pasta, the Spaniards, the French, Arabs, Turks and of course, Asians. Pasta also has a special place in […]
Roulade of Sole With Avgolemono (Ρουλάδα της γλώσσας)
I recently caught Chef Jacques Pepin serving up some paupiettes of sole. Now don’t go scrambling for your French-English dictionaries, a paupiette is simply sometime rolled-up – in this case a fillet of sole. I immediately had to use this method of baking sole as it looks gorgeous and the fillet will cook more evenly. […]