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 […]
Agape’s Spaghetti With Mint
A food event co-hosted by the mother & daughter duo of Giz and Psychgrad of Equal Opportunity Kitchen has just kicked off. The goal of the food event is to raise the awareness and need for organ donation. The food event is called Tried Tested and True Two and participants have until July 21st to […]
Marinated Red Mullet (Μαριναρισμένο-μπαρμπούνιa)
One of the most prized fish with Greeks has to be the red mullet. It’s popular for it’s colour, it’s ease in cleaning and it’s flavour. Red mullets are a smaller fish and usually you’ll need two of them per person. I’ve been lucky enough to find them at my local fish monger and hey…they […]
Tagliatelle With Zucchini, Tomato and Fresh Herbs
It’s time again to thrust another blogger into the spotlight, this time it’s Mary from Feeding Groom. On Monday I was cruising through the latest entries that were coming through on my Google Reader and Mary’s latest dish had popped up and it was lunch time for me… Mary insists “keep it simple” and here […]
Drunken Veal (Μεθυσμένο-μοσχάρι)
Today’s June 1st and when a new month begins, it’s customary for Greeks to salute one & other with a “Kalo Mina” or a wish for a “good month”. With the onset of a new month also comes the notion of new ideas. I thought it would be neat to “try out” a new dish […]
Μακαρονάδα-με-θαλασσινά
Today, I’m not even offering up a translation of the title in English. The photos speak for themselves. What you have here is the essence of where I spend my vacations in Greece…Halkidiki. This pasta is an ode to the summer…summers in Greece, summer in the Mediterranean…summer anywhere you may be spending it this year. […]
Lamb Giouvetsi
One of the most rustic and beloved Greek dishes has to be Giouvetsi. Traditionally, this meal is baked in clay pots. There are many variations on this dish from the type of meat used to the spices included in the ingredient mix. Here, I’m using lamb shoulder that’s been rendered down to a fall-off the […]
Grilled Mackerel (Σκουμπρί )
I writing and sharing about my delight in enjoying this often maligned fish, the mackerel. We often associate mackerel with it being smoked or canned (including myself). It’s a fish I see at the fish monger’s all the time, it’s fresh, it’s cheap. Why didn’t I try it sooner? For those that have eaten an […]
Linguine With Zucchini, Garlic, Black Olives, and Toasted Breadcrumbs
When the weather is this good, it’s hard to blog or catch-up on my friends’ kitchen action but here I am…adding to the din. Last week, Martha Stewart lined up a whack of celebrity chefs to show off and show the viewers quick and easy recipes that you & I can can whip up in […]
I’m Feeling Kinda’ Blue
As in blue cheese, that is. During one of my recent food shopping adventures, I was lucky to find some English Stilton for a very good price. Stilton is one of the family of blue cheeses and as the saying goes, “the stinkier, the better”. I have two dishes for you today, the first being […]
