An Evening With Stelios Boutaris at Malena
I recently attended a dinner that was organized by Kolonaki Group (Steve Kriaris) who specializes in bringing Greek wines & spirits into Ontario and Quebec. The dinner would be held in the newly opened Estiatorio Malena, located on the ritzy stretch of Avenue Road, just north and across from Hazelton Lanes. Malena’s cuisine is described […]
Lobster Macaroni & Cheese
When one works from home (like I do), one can (and will get distracted) by many things: the knock on the door from the courier with another cookbook, responding to emails from readers of my blog, reading and commenting on a delicious, interesting or informative blog post or something (a rare instance) to make me […]
Grilled Manouri & Roasted Beet Salad
It’s been awhile since I’ve blogged about Manouri cheese and I promise not to allow this lapse of cheese to occur again. Cheeses are an integral part of Greek cuisine: we have Feta for salads or at the table with olives and bread, we have a wide array of firm sheep’s milk cheeses served at […]
Kebab “O Thanassis” in Athens
I would be a damn fool if I told you that Greece had a banner year for tourism. It didn’t. In most of the places that I visited you couldn’t tell there’s was a major drop in business, although business owners were harping about the drop in receipts. From the perspective of the tourist, it […]
Greek Food Gazette 29/10/2010
Greece gears up for 2500th Anniversary of Battle of Marathon Chef Michael Psilakis will be the keynote speaker at the Hellenic American Women’s Council 17th Annual Conference on Nov.13th Get your Yiayia on in the kitchen this 98-year old grandmother Wineplus hosts a seminar called “Wine & Cheese: a love match” at the Excelsior Hotel […]
Cheese Pies With Yogurt
This past summer while in Greece we had a little thing goin’ on with friends: bring some leftovers to the beach so that we could nosh/have some snacks to keep our growling bellies at bay. You see, Greece is hot in the summer…very hot. Despite late nights spent with family and friends I find myself […]
Psarosoupa Avgolemono
One of the most wonderful dishes one can have in the Greek repertoire of recipes is a fish or seafood soup. There’s Kakavia which is usually tomato based and contains whatever fish and seafood is in season or caught on that day. The best Kakavias contain the Scorpion fish. The other soups are called Psarosoupes […]
A Taste of the Mediterranean at the Palais Royale
While in Greece, I was wired/connected to the Internet for the first time right at our family’s summer home. I brought my laptop so that I could upload the hundreds of photos, write a blog post (or five) and check/send emails on a whim. While in Greece I received an invite by the Greek Consulate […]
Greek Food Gazette 22/10/2010
Watch Vefa & Alexia Alexiadou’s new cooking show “Sth Kouzina Mazi” on BlueSky TV The New York City Greek Film Festival commences today (Oct.22nd) and the last feature being shown on Oct.31st WinePlus hosts a day of tasting the finest in Cypriot wines at the posh Grand Bretagne Hotel in Athens Quick Trip: 24-hours in […]
Grilled Pork Steakettes
If you’ve ever eaten pork steaks then you can relate to my enthusiasm for this cut of pork. A pork steakette is cut from the pork butt, a square piece of meat that’s attached to the shoulder. The pork butt (also known as the Boston butt) comes from the shoulder (not the pig’s rear) and […]
