Baked Gigantes Beans
Last year, one of the stops during my vacation to Greece was to Kastoria. Kastoria is the capital city of the Prefecture of…Kastoria. It’s located in northern Greece, northwestern Macedonia. This region of Greece is located on fertile, elevated plateaus and the economy is centered around its long history of fur trading, tourism and agriculture. […]
Kritharaki me Fakkes (Κριθαράκι-με-φακές)
Here’s a wonderful dish that’s suitable for Lent, works as a side dish or served with seafood or fish. You get to pick how you want this dish to appear on your table. Kritharaki is what us Greeks call orzo. Kritharaki is a rice shaped pasta that should be treated as such. Do not add […]
Sea Bream Baked With a Crispy Potato Crust
Those who read my blog on a regular basis know that I prefer eating whole fish rather than fillets. This preference is not an inflexible rule and nor does it mean that one cannot enjoy a fish fillet. Today’s dish features a fillet sliced off of a whole sea bream (porgy). The main reason why […]
Snails With Gigantes Beans and Artichokes
This dish features snails. I’m very much aware that this dish will not get a million hits or dozens of comments but it’s a necessary post. If I am to accurately showcase Greek cuisine, I must feature all the traditional ingredients, including snails. My friend Deeba has yet to try snails but I think this […]
Kapani Open Market and Braised Lamb Shanks With Beans
As an adult and as someone totally (I mean totally into food), a visit to a market with the freshest of seasonal ingredients on offer is like a trip to an amusement park. The Kapani Agora (market) in the center of Thessaloniki is one of those attractions…amusement for the foodie. The shouts of store owners […]
Fassoulada (φασολάδα)
Recipe update from Oct.16, 2007: Fassoulada is a Greek navy bean soup. It’s a standard dish during Lent, appears on the Greek kitchen table on many a Friday when meat is not consumed and frankly, one of the most enjoyable yet rustic dishes in the Greek repertoire of cooking. This soup is best enjoyed with […]
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 […]
Papia Portokali (παπια-πορτοκαλί)
Greece’s cuisine also has a good roster of wild game recipes and one of the more universally enjoyed meats has to be duck. A couple of weeks ago I seared some breasts that I carved from a whole duck. I was left with a carcass, wings, duck fat and duck legs. When one has duck […]
Chickpea Fritters From Sifnos
This past summer I had the pleasure of visiting the Greek island of Sifnos for the first time. It lies in the middle of the Cyclades between Serifos, Kimolos and Antiparos and is about 80 nautical miles from Piraeus. Sifnos is also known for it’s contribution to the sciences and the Greek literary tradition. The […]
Fassolakia With Veal
(note…updating entry from 2007) If you’re reading my blog, no doubt you love food and all the trappings that come with it. One of those trappings is grocery shopping and I still do get excited when a product or a particular produce appears in the stands. If I was in Kansas, born a girl and […]
