Recap – Taste of Naxos Greek Supper Club
Thank you to Apostolos Gerakinis who poured Greek wines from Celebrity Wines and Spirits. All dishes were cooked with Cretan olive oil and Zaros sparkling and still water from Nisos Importing. Menu Appetizers: Smoked Mackerel on Schinoussa Fava, Red Onions, Capers Tyropita with Figs (Cheese pie with homemade phyllo) Sweet Potato Croquettes with Feta and […]
Greek Comfort Food Cooking Class
Greek cuisine is rooted in simple ingredients, locally sources and used at their prime, when in season. I’ve come up with an Autumn roster of dishes to help you with your Fall/Winter entertaining. Join me on Sunday, November 17th at St. Lawrence Market Kitchen for an afternoon of Greek Comfort Food dishes: Warm Artichoke Dip […]
Meze Cooking Classes in Montreal
Join me in Montreal for two Greek Meze cooking classes, to be held on Friday October 25th (evening 7 – 10pm) and Saturday, October 26th (afternoon 2 – 5pm). Location is in Mile End (4851 Rue de Bullion) About this Event I will show you how to prepare the following dishes: Horta Tsigarista […]
Recap – Meltemi – Seafood Greek Supper Club
Last Sunday, I hosted an evening of Greek fish and seafood specialties. Inspired by my countless trips to Greece, seafood tavernas throughout the islands and mainland. Thank you to Nisos Importing for providing Cretan olive oil, Zaros table water and other specialty products from Greece and Apostolos Gerakinis who selected and poured Greek wines from […]
Greek Comfort Food Cooking Classes – Montreal
Join me on Friday May 3rd (evening) and Saturday, May 4th (afternoon) for a cooking class featuring Greek comfort dishes. I will show you how to make: Artichoke and Feta Dip Kolokithopita (Courgette Pie) without Phyllo Pastitsio Trigona Panoramatos (Thessaloniki’s Phyllo Triangles filled with Creme Patisserie) As always, attendees will taste all of the dishes […]
Recap – Revolution 1821 – Greek Supper Club
Every year, Greeks around the world commemorate March 25th, 1821 – the beginning of the Struggle for Greek Independence from the Ottoman Empire. Last Sunday, at St. Lawrence Market Kitchen, I held a celebratory Greek Supper Club that will featured an inventive Greek menu with some international panache. Thank you to Nisos Importing for supplying Cretan […]
Recap Taste of Nemea – Greek Supper Club
Last month I hosted an evening of wines from the Nemea region of Greece. The wines were all from Nemea and they will be poured by Kolonaki Group. Specialty Greek ingredients and olive oil from Nisos Importing. The menu was inspired by my travels to Nemea, the local products and the dishes were chosen to pair […]
Greek Christmas Baking Classes – Montreal
Salut Montreal! Join on on either Friday, November 30th or Saturday December 1st for my Greek Christmas Baking Class. Christmas is coming fast and for us Greeks that means lots of preparations. For Greeks, it is tradition to offer family and friends Kourabiedes, Melomakarona and many many other sweets. For those that have attended my […]
Recap – Mother’s Day Sunday Roast
A couple of Sundays ago I hosted my second annual Mother’s Day Lunch at Toronto’s St. Lawrence Market Kitchen. Once again it was an afternoon affair with appetizers being served and once again board was Nisos Importing, furnishing Cretan olive oil and many specialty ingredients from Greece. Greek wines were poured by Chris Dedes of […]
Recap, Taste of Epirus
Last Sunday I hosted a gastronomic journey to Epirus. Located in the northwestern corner of Greece, this province boasts of having some of Greece’s best cheeses, an array of phyllo pie dishes and a local cuisine that excels in roasted and grilled meats. Thank you to Geroge Ierovassilis for pouring the Greek wines from Epirus […]
