We’re Going to a Party
It’s New Year’s Eve, December 31st, 2009. The end of one decade and the beginning of a new one. I’ve been thinking of all the ways I’ve spent New Year’s Eve. My earliest recollection was attending the Annual New Year’s dance of the Amynteon Association of Toronto. My parents are from this town in northern […]
Greek Food Gazette 30/12/2009
Kyriakos Andrinopoulos is honoured with the “Annual Americanism Award” Greek-American bride to be featured on TLC’s new series, “Four Weddings” Chef Taso Konstantonis shares his family’s holiday menu George’s Greek Cafe brings the warmth of Greece to Long Beach, CA The Qssis family of Toronto served up the 20th Annual Christmas Dinner for the city’s […]
Loin of Pork Stuffed With Prunes
How was your Christmas? Are you enjoying yourselves? Spending time with family and friends? Having some richer, more indulgent foods? An extra drink? Good, ’cause I am! The family’s Christmas dinner went splendidly. All the dishes turned out very well, we had some good chuckles and reminisced of Christmases past. The centerpiece of our Christmas […]
Merry Christmas
ΚΑΛΑ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥΓΕÎÎΑ!!!!!!! The day has arrived. Christmas. It’s not just a holiday but a state of mind. I would like to wish each and every one of you a Merry Christmas. May you be surrounded with family and friends, filled with good cheer and I again only wish for good health to myself, my family […]
Margarites or Baklava Daisies
Aren’t mom’s the best? Just when I thought my mom showed me all the tricks in her book (brain) of kitchen techniques, she smacks-down this little ditty on the kitchen counter! I’ve seen these in assortment trays from Greek bakeries. I’ve eaten these at Greek festivals. I seen these offered by other cuisines (Middle-Eastern, Lebanese […]
Saragli (Σαραγλί)
There are many riffs on Baklava that one can make and Saragli are just one of them. The classic Baklava is made with stacks of buttered phyllo spiked with a mixture of nuts, cinnamon, sugar and cloves. For Christmas this year, we decided to make an array of Baklava/Syropiasta sweets. In the coming days, I […]
Celebrating Christmas With the Greeks
Regardless of whether you are Greek or not, live in Greece or among the Diaspora or if you are real lucky and you get to spend the holidays in Greece – I think a primer on the Greek Christmas is the call of the day. When Greeks speak of the holidays, we mean Christmas, New […]
Bits & Bites With Joanne Weir
Today’s post is a new feature for my blog…Bits & Bites. On occasion, I will feature someone, be they Greek or a Philhellene who loves Greek food. In each edition of Bits & Bites, I’ll introduce our guest, fire off ten food and drink related questions and give you the heads-up on what’s new with […]
Greek Food Gazette 18/12/2009
You already knew how good Greek yogurt was for you but here are some more tid-bits on this fabulous dairy product Explore Baltimore’s Greektown Ouzo gets some competition, by way of Skinos Finally, I would like to announce the winner of the draw for “Three Greek Sisters” cookbook. Many of you took the time to […]
Sea Bream Baked With a Crispy Potato Crust
Those who read my blog on a regular basis know that I prefer eating whole fish rather than fillets. This preference is not an inflexible rule and nor does it mean that one cannot enjoy a fish fillet. Today’s dish features a fillet sliced off of a whole sea bream (porgy). The main reason why […]
