Succulent and Crisp Pork Belly With Petimezi Mustard Glaze
If you love bacon, stick with this post because we’re using pork belly here. if you’re the type who uses pork tenderloin or perhaps you’re a vegetarian…move along, nothing for you here. I love pork and in particular the fattier cuts like pork belly because they are so flavourful. I get it – we don’t […]
Recap Christmas Dinner in Amyndeon With Alpha Estate Wines
Christmas is once again near and that means it is time to gather with friends for sumptuous meals and splurge on some exquisite wines. This past Sunday I held a Christmas themed Greek Supper Club will featuring the comforting regional cuisine of Amyndeon (and Florina) and for the first time, one of Greece’s most distinguished […]
Duck Confit With Fassoulada Beans
Duck is a an under-appreciated meat, at least here in North America. People often think it’s hard to cook or it has too much fat or both. If you want to try cooking some duck, I suggest starting with duck legs, now found packaged apart from the rest of the duck. If you’re good at […]
Manoura Cheese From Sifnos
This past summer, I visited the island of Sifnos, located in the Cyclades chain of islands in the Aegean. The first time I visited Sifnos was back in 2008 and the although the island was busy, it was full of tourists who were more low key, looking to relax – have real vacation. Eight years […]
An Evening of Greek Country Cooking at Urban Pantry
This past Sunday, I hosted the latest Greek Supper Club at Urban Pantry, just 45 minutes northeast of Toronto, in Uxbridge. The concept was Greek Country Cooking and the setting of a Uxbridge was ideal for a comforting Greek meal. Greek wine was selected and poured by Kolonaki Group and the Cretan olive oil was […]
Stewed Pork With Leeks, Celery and Avgolemono Sauce
The cold months are here, at least here in Canada and the light, summer time dishes and salads have given way to soups and stews. Today’s dish is a classic, using pork shoulder, leeks and celery. Pigs in many villages in Greece are fattened up all year then slaughtered in December and broken down and […]
Recap of Montreal Supper Club at Su Restaurant
Last month I returned to Montreal to cook at the city’s preeminent Turkish Restaurant – Su. Invited by Chef Fisun Ercan , who grew up in the kitchen and she shares her passion and affinity for Mediterranean flavours. The staff at Su and chef were warm, very hospitable and it was a joy to cook […]
Octopus Souvlaki Meze With Greek-Style Chimichurri
This past summer was a busy one filled with Greek Supper Clubs and catering dinner parties. I love entertaining and now that it’s become a full-time job, I get to try many of the ideas I have swirling in my head. Greek loves octopus and we cook/prepare it in many ways but my favourite is […]
Milk Braised Pork With Leeks and Celery
I had heard of this milk-braised pork dish, seen it on TV even and finally, I was able to taste a fantastic version earlier this year when I had lunch at the Purple Pig in downtown Chicago. The restaurant’s chef is half-Greek Jimmy Bannos Jr. and this is my riff on that superb pork dish […]
Metaxi Mas, Santorini
Before last year, I hadn’t been to Santorini since 1988. This past summer I got to visit this “jewel of the Mediterranean” not once but twice! While I was staying at the nearby Voreina Suites in Pyrgos, I had some time to chat with the hotel’s receptionists who should probably be renamed “concierges” with their […]
