The Cheese Boutique
My blog has been trucking along since the Spring of 2007 and most of you are familiar with my travels to Greece and love of my native cuisine, Greek food. Being a Greek who lives abroad (Diaspora), I feel lucky that my parents chose Canada as the country of choice to start a new life […]
Many Mussels, Olive Bread and a Salad
My parents come from towns in northern Greece (Macedonia) that are located in the mountains but most of my time spent in Greece is near the sea. All of my relatives in Greece are on my mom’s side of the family and the majority of them live in Greece’s second largest city, Thessaloniki. One of […]
Thyme Scented Mushrooms (Αρωματικά-μανιτάρια-με-θυμάρι)
Greeks take pride in serving up quality appetizers/mezedes for their friends and relatives. Like most of you, we are in full festive season gear with friends dropping by and dropping in on friends. One thing you’ll notice about the hospitality of the Greeks is that one never gets the sense of being rushed. In good […]
Fillet of Sole With a Tomato and Olive Sauce
Sometimes the easiest, most straightforward dishes can provide you with the biggest culinary surprise. Such was the case recently when I was flipping through one of the cookbooks I brought back from Greece. I had some fillets of sole but I just couldn’t decide how to prepare them…until I saw “the recipe.” Here’s the humble […]
Soutzoukakia Smyrneika With Olives
Homebase for me when in Greece is the fishing and tourist town of Nea Kallikratia in Halkidiki. It’s situated about 30 minutes south of Greece’s second largest city, Thessaloniki. It’s home away from home and I’m welcomed by family and friends. The people who have summer homes here are mostly from Thessaloniki and the rest […]
Greeks, Beer and Bavarians
One of summer’s biggest pleasures is quaffing on an ice cold beer. My earliest memory of drinking (enjoying) beer was during my visit to Greece in 1980. I was under 16 but that would not stop my uncles from serving me beer (or other spirits) with a meal. Greece is more renowned for it’s wines […]
Olive Bread (Ελιόψωμο)
Next week is home stretch for the Greeks’ Great Lent. Our family (like many other Greeks around the world) will surely fast right up until when the bells strike midnight on “Megalo Sabbato” and we crack those first Easter eggs and shout “Christos Anesti” or Christ has risen! One of foods we will be eating […]
Got My Freak On For Feta
For most people, a block of feta cheese this size would last awhile. In a Greek home, this “piece” wouldn’t see the end of the week. Here’s a little tidbit for those of you who buy “crumbled feta” at the supermarket: see the piece of feta missing from the front corner of this brick? That […]
Beets (παντζάρια)
It’s winter time and yes, the beet dishes are all over the internet, in your markets, in your grocery bags and on your table. I can remember beets beyond a part of my family’s cuisine since I was a young, Greek “palikari”. I’m going to show you beets done 2 ways: the first is the […]
Greco Linguine
I’m naughty. Not naughty in the “twirling neighborhood cats by their tail” way or not naughty in the “star of my own XXX-rated home movies”, but naughty. I’ll let Greek bureaucrats (Zaxopoulos) corner the home DVD market! I was recently at the dentist’s and while waiting for the “as usual late dentist”out to attend to […]
