Feta Brulee With Honey and Sesame Seeds
I’ve been looking back at the dishes I served and some of my Greek Supper Clubs and this one is a standout. It’s a piece of Feta cheese with honey but the twist here is that I took a kitchen torch and bruleed the top. The look is stunning but it also gives the cheese […]
Spaghetti With Zucchini
I’ve always enjoyed travel shows, especially ones that have a strong focus on the food that is specific to that region. With the Pandemic still limiting the mobility of most, these travel shows are a way for us to escape and perhaps plan on future trips. Enter Stanley Tucci’s “Searching for Italy”, the actor (starred […]
Greek Style Fondue
Did you know that Greeks eat more cheese per capita than anyone else in the world? Feta cheese is definitely the most popular Greek cheese but there are many others (soft, firm, semi-firm, semi-soft, creamy, hard, sheep milk, goat milk). I love cheese and melted cheeses are another way of enjoying them. A couple of […]
Roast Bone Marrow
Some foods are enjoyed by adults, some by kids. Bone marrow is one of those foods that freak out kids. This is about grown-up food. My earliest recollection of bone marrow is my mom scooping out or sucking the barrow from the bone. I gave her my bone marrow…until I grew up. Bone marrow are […]
Baked Rice Pudding
When I visit Greece, my travels always include eateries; some that I’ve bookmarked to check out and others that I have discovered along the way. Bakeries and pastry shops have some overlap, offering breads, baked phyllo pies (savory and sweet), yogurt, custards and rice pudding. A few shops also serve up baked rice pudding. Basically […]
Ham Croquettes
Carnival for Greeks is happening now (til March 2nd) and while there will be no parades or parties, one can still celebrate by cooking up some decadent dishes as home. Enter croquettes…logs of fried goodness filled with potato, cheese or meat (or seafood). In this instance, I am going with diced ham. In Holland, veal […]
New Orleans King Cake
Around last year, two friends and myself went to New Orleans to take in the food, revelry and history of the Crescent city. We spent one week having lots of fun in one the world’s foremost food cities. Before we embarked on our trip, we made a list of possible places to eat, another list […]
Garlic Bread
When I go to a bar or casual restaurant, I’m a sucker for garlic bread. You don’t like garlic you say? Move along now. Being Greek, it’s almost in our nature to love garlic. Besides, have you ever heard of vampires in Greece? My garlic bread recipe may seem like there’s a lot of ingredients […]
Brussels Sprout Leaf Salad
About three years ago, I served up this salad for a Tsiknopempti-themed Greek Supper Club. It’s unusual, it looks great and tastes wonderful! Brussels sprouts are like little heads of cabbage – I love them! The salad greens here are the leaves, which you would peel off after snipping the stem. Throw in some dried […]
Sokolatopita
This dessert is for chocolate lovers – an expression of decadence! Sokolatopita is what Greeks call this syrup drenched chocolate cake. It contains cocoa powder, then the cake is drenched as Greeks do, with a syrup contains that contains chocolate as well. For fear of anyone saying this doesn’t have enough chocolate, it’s topped with […]
