For a combo of reasons, the smaller fish of the Mediterranean are the peoples’ preference. Over-fishing of the seas has rendered large fish expensive and reserved for the well-heeled tourist and seafood lover. If you do find a larger fish at an affordable price at the market, chances are it’s farm raised. In Greece and [...]

It’s 2010 and Greece is pretty well wired with the rest of the world and depsite the distance from Toronto to Greece (9 1/2 hour flight), the interwebs has brought the diaspora closer to the Patrida. One of my friends in Greece recently sent me some cooking magazines & booklets and one of them was [...]

Here’s a light and very flavourful summer pasta dish that contains the best of summer, the best of Greece. Quite often the best pasta sauces are the ones that are ready before or when the the pasta has been cooked. This recipe has one eye on the cook who doesn’t want to get overheated in [...]

I remember when and where I first had a swordfish souvlaki, like it was yesterday. It was the summer of 1987, my first summer in Greece without my parents. I had just completed one year of university and the trip to Greece was a gift from my parents for graduating high school and being accepted [...]

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. [...]

I recently had the pleasure of seeing Chef Astrid Speranza appear on a Greek reality show. The premise of the show is where the subject (sometimes male, sometimes female) is taken on four dates where the suitor will woo them with their home cooking and charm. The week culminates at a restaurant where the subject [...]

Here’s a dish that’s “just in time” for Spring. Artichokes are in season, salmon is available all year’ round and the flavours of citrus lick this dish. Some potatoes coated in sweet paprika and some briny capers round out the dish. The oregano has just sprouted and so have the chives. This dish is a [...]

Today is Palm Sunday for Greek-Orthodox Christians and it’s the second of two dates during the Great Lent where fish is allowed to be consumed (the other was March 25th, Annunciation). Many parishes will be hosting banquets with the main course being fish. These banquets are popular as those who have followed the strict fast [...]

Tomorrow is a double-celebration for Greeks. March 25th is a holiday in Greece where we celebrate Greek Independence Day. The inspiration is drawn from one of the most holy days in the Greek-Orthodox calendar, the Annunciation of the Theotokos. This is the day that Archangel Gabriel announced to Mary that she would bear a child. [...]

Each time I go to Greece I have to stop by the “Kourdisto Gouroni” (Wind-up Pig) in the Agia Sophia neighborhood of central Thessaloniki. This eatery has been in operation since the early 1990′s and the feel of the place and the food could be best described as “Greek Bistro”. Lots of beers on tap [...]