Greek Comfort Food Cooking Classes – Montreal
Join me on Friday May 3rd (evening) and Saturday, May 4th (afternoon) for a cooking class featuring Greek comfort dishes. I will show you how to make: Artichoke and Feta Dip Kolokithopita (Courgette Pie) without Phyllo Pastitsio Trigona Panoramatos (Thessaloniki’s Phyllo Triangles filled with Creme Patisserie) As always, attendees will taste all of the dishes […]
Recap – Revolution 1821 – Greek Supper Club
Every year, Greeks around the world commemorate March 25th, 1821 – the beginning of the Struggle for Greek Independence from the Ottoman Empire. Last Sunday, at St. Lawrence Market Kitchen, I held a celebratory Greek Supper Club that will featured an inventive Greek menu with some international panache. Thank you to Nisos Importing for supplying Cretan […]
Recap – Carnivale Greek Supper Club
A couple of weekends ago I hosted a Greek Carnival-themed Supper Club. It was a meat-heavy menu: lamb, pork, sausage, beef and cheese! All dishes were prepared using Cretan olive oil from Nisos Importing and Greek wines and beverages being poured by Apostolos Gerakinis. Thank you as well to Portioli Coffee Canada for serving cups […]
Recap – Agio Oros Greek Supper Club
Last weekend I hosted a unique Supper Club that featured the cuisine and wine of Agio Oros. It boasts of having the sea and mountains, the architecture of the monasteries built on mountainsides, the artistry of the iconography and wall murals. The northern-Greek winery of Tsantali is the only winery allowed to maintain vineyards on […]
Recap Taste of Nemea – Greek Supper Club
Last month I hosted an evening of wines from the Nemea region of Greece. The wines were all from Nemea and they will be poured by Kolonaki Group. Specialty Greek ingredients and olive oil from Nisos Importing. The menu was inspired by my travels to Nemea, the local products and the dishes were chosen to pair […]
Recap – Taste of Crete Greek Supper Club
This past summer I had the pleasure of visiting the island of Crete for the third time. Last weekend I shared an inspired menu…a Taste of Crete! Thank you to Nisos Importing with be providing many of the specialty products for the dinner, including Cretan olive and Zaros still and sparkling water. All dishes were paired […]
Recap – Taste of Halkidiki Greek Supper Club
Here is the recap of last Sunday’s Halkidiki-themed Greek Supper Club. Thank you to Nisos Importing who provided Cretan olive oil along with many other specialty products from Greece and Apostolos Gerakinis for pouring the Domaine Carras wines (also from Halkidiki). Join me on Sunday, October 21st at St. Lawrence Market Kitchen for a Taste of Halkidiki! MENU […]
Greek Christmas Baking Classes – Montreal
Salut Montreal! Join on on either Friday, November 30th or Saturday December 1st for my Greek Christmas Baking Class. Christmas is coming fast and for us Greeks that means lots of preparations. For Greeks, it is tradition to offer family and friends Kourabiedes, Melomakarona and many many other sweets. For those that have attended my […]
Kokkinisto With Beef Short Ribs
Every time I have this dish I get all sentimental and think about Greece. The first time I visited Greece was in 1974, I was 7 yrs. old and Greece had one foot in the past and the other firmly placed in the future. This visit to Greece would also be my first visit to […]
Greek Taverna Classics Classes – Montreal
Greetings to my Montreal friends, I return on Friday, October 26th and 27th to host another set of Greek Cooking Classes. At this class, I will share my recipes for the following Greek Taverna Classics: Taramosalata Shrimp Saganaki Cheese Saganaki Papoutsakia (surprise Dessert treat) The class will be once again held at the Air BnB […]
