Beef Lemonato
Like me, many of you are missing Greece, not being able to or willing to travel to Greece this year. I was looking through last summers photos and I was reminded of this fantastic dish I had last year while on the island of Astypalea, one of the islands in the Dodecanese. I was on […]
Svinghi
Here in Toronto, we have a large and diverse Greek diaspora, boasting of a Greek population that resettled here from all over Greece. The first time I had Svinghi, they were made and given to me by Kathy Hourdas, a lady from Kalymnos, one of the islands in the Dodecanese. A few years ago, I […]
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 […]
Recap Dodecanese Greek Supper Club
This past summer I had the pleasure of visiting many of the islands in the southern Aegean known as the Dodecanese (Twelve Islands). I began in Rhodes and ended up in Patmos and along the way I witnessed the beauty of these islands, made new friends with the locals and tasted first hand the uniquely […]
