Swordfish With Skordalia (Ξιφίας-Με-σκορδαλιά)
For the month of January, I’m trying to keep with some fit, clean, easy to prepare and healthy dishes. The month of December saw most of us indulging in food and alcohol, saying yes to another serving, another helping of dessert and perhaps one extra beverage. My neighbors were over last week for coffee and […]
Heads & Tales: Fish Tails (and a Recipe)!
Today’s installment of my New York City recap involves making more new friends from the blogging community, celebrating seafood and living like a New Yorker. Having been given the luxury of having one week to live in New York City gave me a new perspective on this great city. New Yorkers are kind. Throughout the […]
Heads & Tales: Saturday Night at Ammos
Saturday would be my first full day in New York. In any city a Saturday is going to be exciting but in New York, we’re talking electric. The day started off with myself making my usual fry-up of bacon & eggs, toast, juice and coffee. Soon after, I headed out and took the train to […]
Oven Baked Sole With Chickpeas
One of the facets of Greek cooking that I love is that it’s so versatile. It touches upon vegetables, fruits, poultry, meats and mince, seafood, legumes, grains and pasta. Greek food relies on herbs to flavour dishes, and an array of spices. Greek food can be complex and it can be easy. This fish dish […]
Seafood Pie With Rosti Topping
Last year I recall seeing many seafood & fish pie dishes being presented by my Brit friends ‘oer across the pond. To all of you, each and every pie you baked had me salivating and I promised you all and myself to add this dish to my roster. The kicker for this dish is what […]
Grilled Smoked Mackerel (Ψητά-καπνιστό-σκουμπρί)
The other night I finally played catch-up with one of my cousins as we hadn’t seen each other since before my trip to Greece. I showed her my pictures, relayed the good and bad parts (what bad parts?) of my trip and enthused about the wonderful food I ate. If you’re a regular reader of […]
Fillet of Sole With a Tomato and Olive Sauce
Sometimes the easiest, most straightforward dishes can provide you with the biggest culinary surprise. Such was the case recently when I was flipping through one of the cookbooks I brought back from Greece. I had some fillets of sole but I just couldn’t decide how to prepare them…until I saw “the recipe.” Here’s the humble […]
Succulent Poached Salmon With a Fennel & Orange Relish
It’s Royal Foodie Joust time and this my first entry since I won back in July for my Apricot and Pistachio Cake. The “Joust” was created by Jenn The Leftover Queen and the premise is simple…a friendly competition where a dish has to be presented using three chosen ingredients. The winner of each Joust chooses […]
Postcard From Naxos
One of the stops I made during my recent trip to Greece was visiting the large island of Naxos. I had no intent on visiting this island until one of my readers extended an invite to witness and be a part of a traditional Greek island wedding. I thought long and hard but after some […]
Sardines, Mt. Olympus and the “Gri-Gri” boats of Greece
As I’ve written before, the town Nea Kallikratia where our summer home is located is a vibrant tourist and fishing town. Nea Kallikratia is located about 3o minutes south of Thessaloniki and it’s situated on the Thermaic Gulf. On a clear day one can see clearly across the Gulf and almost touch Mount Olmypus. With […]
