Cream Filled Diples
December is almost here and you’re planning (or already) making your holiday treats. We may not have as many visitors or visiting as many people this year but there’s nothing to stop you from gifting a box of cookies and pastries. Besides Melomakarona and Kourabiedes (standard Greek Christmas cookies), many families from the Peloponnese will […]
Banana Bread
Old time mama recipe here…taken out her hand written recipe book. You know it has to be good! This is a straight-forward recipe, comes together in the time it takes your oven to pre-heat. If you’re a novice baker, these types of recipes are the ones you try out as there is no yeast and […]
Fried Chicken Sandwiches With Ranch Dressing
I love fried chicken (a few recipes already on this site) and currently, fried chicken sandwiches are a “thing”. Many opinions on which fast food chain serves up the best chicken sandwich. Some are really good, many are okay and some are just “meh” and don’t live up to the hype. While I may not […]
Make Your Own Sandwich Bread
A few days ago, I saw my friend Bessie share photos of her recently baked sandwich bread. After exchanging messages with Bessie I learned that she found the recipe from Joshua Weissman, a very popular Youtube cook. I enjoy making toast for breakfast and I’ve been looking out for a fantastic recipe and this one […]
Fried Green Tomatoes With Shrimp and Spicy Feta Sauce
Earlier this year, I took a trip to New Orleans, one of the world’s great food cities. Good food can be had practically everywhere, everyone is a foodie upon my return, I get inspiration from that memorable trip this past February. I also found out New Orleans is home to the oldest Greek-Orthodox church in […]
Pear Croustade
In this age of the ‘rona, I have extra time on my hands and I am happy to be cooking more for myself and to be able to contribute new recipes here. I am also updating some old recipes I feel that need a fresh look. One such recipe is this Pear Croustade. Posted in […]
Corn Dogs
I am sharing this recipe for two reasons: it brings back memories of me eating a corn dog at Woolco (Canadian discount department chain, owned by Woolworth) snack counter. Corn dogs are a hot dog coated in a cornmeal batter, fried and served warm. Flash-forward to 2020 and I still like’em! Go to Quebec, they […]
Eggplant Papoutsakia II
From day one of writing/blogging about Greek food, it’s been an adventure full of delicious food and constant learning. A lot of positive growth. There are many approaches to cooking the classics and I am a big fan of finding shortcuts that do not compromise the traditional dish. Case in point are Papoutsakia aka Baked […]
Trahana Soup With Tomato and Feta
As a grown up I love trahana. It nourishing, comforting, easy and quick to prepare is trahana. This ancient Greek ingredient is made by boiling cracked wheat in either milk or yogurt, then drying it in the hot sun. It’s then crumbled and stored in pillow cases for future use. It’s often made in the […]
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 […]
