Mango and Berry Crisp
I must admit, when I heard of the ingredients to be used for the next Royal Foodie Joust, I was stumped with what to make. Dessert making is not my strong-suit and I have little cooking experience with cardamom. We have a challenge. To compound my challenge, I noticed some other entries already used up […]
Pomegranate Gelee
Ahhh, the super-fruit. I do love a ripe pomegranate. Thankfully, these fruits do ripen well in your fruit basket and living in Canada, we don’t have a pomegranate crop to pick fresh off a tree. Although I prefer to eat this fruit “as is”, I couldn’t resist trying this simple dessert. I found this idea […]
Fig Compote With Star Anise
To all those that have someone special in their life to share this day with, I wish you a fantastic Valentine’s Day. Do all those googly-oogly things couples do and try to add a little spice to your lives, inject some sponatanaeity and give each other little surprises to keep things interesting. If you’re going […]
Figs In Mavrodaphne With Manouri
Last year I found many recipes for this Greek dessert on the internet. I’ve patiently waited for the winter to come so that I may finally try this recipe. This post is a long time coming. I haven’t had a sweet fig since I got back from Greece in September of last year. I love […]
Poached Pears in Muscat
This dessert was inspired by a recipe I saw in the September issue of Olive Magazine (Greece version) and it’s a Greek dessert in that I’ve used wine from the island of Samos, pears, Greek honey, cloves, cinnamon and I made a pseudo Greek coffee. The island of Samos is in the Aegean and it’s […]
The Ultimate Cheesecake
I’ve been enjoying this recipe for cheesecake for a few years. It’s simply the ultimate, as in Tyler Florence’s Ultimate Cheesecake. Just by merely looking at the Wikipedia entry on cheesecake, I learned that there are many approaches to cheesecake from many countries , that cheesecakes were even being made in Greco-Roman times! It […]
Filipino Fruit Salad
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in many languages Language Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Afrikaans Geseënde Kersfees en ‘n gelukkige nuwe jaarGeseënde Kersfees en ‘n voorspoedige Nuwe jaar Akeanon Maayad-ayad nga PaskwaMahigugmaon nga Bag-ong Dag-on kinyo tanan! Albanian Gëzuar Krishtlindjet e Vitin e Ri Aleut Kamgan Ukudigaa Alsatian E güeti Wïnâchte […]
Apple Crisp
Some of the dishes I’ve shown you are from my mom’s collection. You might think, “great…Peter shows us deeply secretive family recipes” but it’s hard interpreting recipes from an immigrant Greek mother. Picture this…young Greek woman at the age of 19, emigrates to Canada to marry a man she’s never met before in a country […]
Clafoutis of Berries
I recently won a cookbook through Food Network Canada’s “blog” section. It’s part of the overall site but here you can read all the upcoming Food Network shows, specials, previews, behind the scene interviews, and read from fellow bloggers who guest write. I won a cookbook that features recipes from Chile. This South American country […]
Homemade Cranberry Sauce
Is there anything more North American than Cranberry Sauce? It’s as integral to the Thanksgiving table as turkey is. Like many of you, I used to buy the can of jellied or whole cranberry sauce and no one at the table ever complained but we all knew it had a slight tinny after-taste. Fast forward […]
