Recap – Carnivale Greek Supper Club
A couple of weekends ago I hosted a Greek Carnival-themed Supper Club. It was a meat-heavy menu: lamb, pork, sausage, beef and cheese! All dishes were prepared using Cretan olive oil from Nisos Importing and Greek wines and beverages being poured by Apostolos Gerakinis. Thank you as well to Portioli Coffee Canada for serving cups […]
Recap – Taste of Crete Greek Supper Club
This past summer I had the pleasure of visiting the island of Crete for the third time. Last weekend I shared an inspired menu…a Taste of Crete! Thank you to Nisos Importing with be providing many of the specialty products for the dinner, including Cretan olive and Zaros still and sparkling water. All dishes were paired […]
Cross-Rib Pot Roast
One of my family’s favourite Sunday meals centers around a Prime Rib Dinner. It’s not a cheap cut of meat (Prime Rib) but it’s fitting for a Sunday meal. From Medieval times, the wealthy used to get to eat the tender, more expensive cuts and the rest of us were left with scraps, offal and […]
Recap – Hasapotaverna Greek Supper Club
Last weekend I hosted an al fresco/outdoor Greek Supper Club for the meat lovers out there. Inspired by the Hasapotavernes (butcher/meat tavernas) in Greece. None of this could have been possible without the kindness of Tony Barkas, who allowed me to use one of his rotisseries. The main event for this dinner was Kontosouvli and […]
Tsiknopempti 2017 Recap
I had a blast cooking at the Paint Box Bistro, a new location in the revitalized Regent Park area of Toronto. Together with 60 dinner guests, we feasted on traditional and Kalofagas-style dishes celebrating Tsiknopempti. Thank you to Nisos Importing who provided Cretan olive oil and many specialty Greek ingredients for the menu and Victory Wines […]
Potato Crusted Fish With Braised Greens
Potato-Crusted fish and what is it? I’ve previously made fish dish that’s totally enveloped in potato and although it’s a dish requiring some finesse, this version proved to be more challenging. Here, we have fish fillets covering one side with overlapping potatoes, like tiles on a roof, like potato fish scales. The idea is not […]
Greek-Style Corned Beef Hash
If I was in Greece, I’d be making this with Kavourma, a term for a cooked/preserved meat that was slow cooked then stored in containers in the winter. It was preserved/sealed with the fat on top to prevent rotting. These days, kavourma is made in more modern ways and beef, water buffalo, pork and lamb […]
Okra Stew
Last year I introduced you to a Greek dish with stewed veal and okra. Another related dish with okra is the vegetarian version, loaded with onions, okra, perfumed with allspice berries and bulked up with some potatoes for a fine vegetarian main course. There are a few ways you can go out making this okra […]
Pan-Seared Sea Bream with Citrus-Caper Sauce
I’ve got a quick yet fancy meal that presents fish for guests who like fish but they may not want to fuss with cleaning the fish or removing bones. Greece exports some fabulous farm raised fish to much of the world, including Canada. I love to cook with Selonda’s fish and today I’m using their […]
Roast Potatoes With Tomatoes & Smoked Paprika
This roast potatoes went over well this summer in Greece. Although I love fries, you can’t have them every day and why get stuck in a food rut making the same thing over and over. Step in roast potatoes but with summer’s ripe tomatoes and a touch of smoked paprika to give the potatoes a […]
