Puff Pastry Twists With Black Olive Paste
Here’s a quick and easy appetizer you can prepare with just three ingredients….puff pastry, olive paste and the eggwash for finishing. I served these at last week’s Greek Supper Club and for something that contained so few ingredients…they had a complex taste, definite umami factor from the olive paste. Puff pastry comes in two forms…a […]
Sofia’s Kotopita (Chicken Pie)
Happy New Year everyone! This is the first post of 2011 and it’s a dish that takes me back to Thessaloniki, perhaps it will trigger some of your memories? I first had a Kotopita (chicken pie) at a taverna in Thessaloniki, in the Agia Sophia area in fact. A Kotopita is made of filling of […]
Beet and Ouzo Cured Salmon
Earlier in when I began a food blog, one of favourite preparations was curing salmon in Ouzo – a play on Gravlax, a Scandinavian specialty. This salmon recipe is similar but this time grated beets are added, giving the salmon a brilliant red colour with just the center remaining its natural orange colour. The grated […]
Athens for Foodies
Last year I met with one of the principals of Athens Insiders during my stay in the capital and we quickly found that we share a passion for Greek culture, especially food and wine. Many of you will visit Greece, some of you will also attend one of my tours and that means you will […]
Grilled Octopus With Santorini Fava
This post isn’t so much about a recipe as it is about pairing certain foods – in this instance octopus and Santorin fava. Octopus, I love it but it wasn’t always the case. I had my epiphany moment with octopus back in 1983 when I sat with my uncles in Greece at a seafood taverna […]
Ta Karamanlidika tou Fani
Ta Karamanlidika tou Fani http://karamanlidika.gr/ +30 21 0325 4184 Where: the corner of Sokratous 1 and Evripidou 52, Athens (Athens Central Market District) http://karamanlidika.gr/contact/ The Food: Primarily a shop with cheeses and charcuterie but there are some tables where you can sit with your friends/parea and enjoy Greek mezedes in the Karamanlidika style (Greeks of […]
Phyllo Cigars With Pastourma and Cheese
December is coming up and there’s going to be a lot of holiday entertaining, regardless of your faith or beliefs. Here, we do things Greek style and I recently shared these cigars made filled with pastourma and Kasseri cheese. Pastourma is a cured beef product with its origins in Asia Minor, Caesaria to be specific. […]
To Psaraki in Santorini, One of Greece’s Best Fish and Seafood Tavernas
To Psaraki www.topsaraki.gr Where: atop of the Port of Vlyhada, Santorini Owners: Thanassis Sfouggaris and Angeliki Synetou The Food: The food on their website is described as “simple and honest food” and is true to a certain extent, as ther plating has this simple yet exquisite elegance that I think captures and elevates what Greek […]
Baked Mushrooms Stuffed With Kefalotyri Cheese
This appetizer was served this past Sunday at my Naoussa-themed Greek Supper Club featuring Thymiopoulos Wines. It’s a rich little bit but ohhh so delicious. This offering is an appetizer so a little decadence is okay and besides, this is an easy appetizer to serve for the coming holiday season. Basically we’re stuffing mushroom caps […]
Loukaniko Gemisto
Sometimes foods sound better in a different language than English, like this one. “Loukaniko| means sausage in Greek and “Gemisto” means stuffed – put the two together and you get a stuffed sausage. Allow me to explain: I was in Toronto’s Greektown, stopped to see my friends at Megas on the Danforth (near Chester Subway). […]
