Greek Easter Recipe Round-Up
Many of you have visited my Recipe Round-Up for Lent and I hope that I’ve helped you find some interesting dishes to break-up the monotony of the usual Lenten fare. We’re fast approaching Greek Easter and preparations are already beginning in my household! Greek Easter is centered around lamb or goat and the whole day […]
Greek Coffee & Chocolate Pot de Cremes
This simple but decadent dessert is a play on a French one called “pot de creme”, meaning pot of custard. It’s an easy dessert that needs a little attention when straining the coffee grounds from the cream and once again care is needed when tempering the hot cream into the egg/sugar mixture. Otherwise, it’s an […]
Phyllo Cigars With Bougatsa Cream
If you’ve visited Greece, you may have tried Bougatsa – a pastry that contains sweet or savory filling and wrapped like an envelope with phyllo pastry opened in the air by hand. The most popular Bougatsa has to be with “Crema”…a semolina based custard. The most common way to have it served is to have […]
Phyllo Pastry Workshop
Can you think of a more delicious way to spend a holiday than in a Greek kitchen? In this hands-on, full-day workshop, Greek food enthusiast, talented cook and cookbook author Peter Minaki will walk you through a variety of authentic Greek specialities, from starters to mains, sides and desserts. The class will cover techniques such […]
Easy Chocolate and Orange Cakes
Christmas is almost here and surely you’ll finalizing your menu and editing down your entertaining options. The holiday conundrum? Coming up with interesting dishes while still being able to spend time with family and friends rather in the kitchen. Help is here with this quick (even make ahead) chocolate cake recipe that essentially requires you […]
SOCO Kitchen and Bar
SOCO Kitchen and Bar http://www.socokitchenandbar.ca/ Where: Lower Simcoe & Bremner, inside the new Delta Hotel Toronto The Food: the kitchen is led by Chef Daniel Craig (Chefs to watch in 2012), an Ontario fella who honed his craft out west in BC. Emphasis is on good food that jumps off the plate, flavourful and made […]
Baked Apples Stuffed With Walnuts
It’s autumn and the markets are teeming with apples…apples to eat as a snack, apples for making apple sauce, apples for pies and apples for baking. Here in Ontario, we must have at least 10 varieties in the marlet – people love apples! This recipe is quick, easy and it uses ingredients most of us […]
Serano Bakery
Serano Bakery http://www.seranobakery.com/ Where: 830 Pape Ave, East York, ON M4K 3T5 (416) 462-2735 Owners: Sophie and Chris and Kostas Takas The Goods: Serano Bakery offers breads, cakes for all occasions, Greek sweets, homemade pies, phyllo based sweets like Baklava, cookies, puddings. Try their revani, kataifi, kariokes or chocolate baklava. My brother and sister-in-law ordered […]
Cafe Frappe Ice Cream With Honey Roasted Figs
Just two days ago, I served this Greek Summer inspired ice cream, reminiscent of Cafe Frappe – the iced coffee enjoyed in Greece using Nescafe instant coffee. In old days, Nescafe was added to a cocktail shaker with sugar to taste, water and shaken to a thick foam then poured into a tall glass. Cold […]
Kserotigana from Crete
Last month I cooked (and hosted) a Cretan dinner as part of my Greek Supper Club events and the dessert I chose was a Cretan specialty called Kserotigana. The dough is similar to Laconian diples but they look a little different. Diples are folded quickly in the hot oil with two forks and one has […]
