MEME’s, Tags and Food Hags
I want to begin by thanking all those who have tagged me in many instances of blog exercises, MEME’d me to divulge just a little more about myself, for feting me with blog awards and accolades. You have all also given me the opportunity to the hone my cut/paste and link skills. I am forever […]
Wanna Lollipop?
Sorry, I’m all out of Tootsie Rolls but I’ve got some Chicken Lollipops…want some? Today, I’m once again crossing the culture, reaching across to Asia, courtesy of a recipe from another “Gwei-lo”. For those that are wondering, “Gwei-Lo” is literally translated from Cantonese to mean “white ghost”. Toronto has alot of “Kinezi” or Chinese so, […]
Lost in Translation
Unless you know a second language or your family’s mother tongue, you really cannot grasp the the full meaning of “lost in translation”. Every time I visit Greece I encounter a new, warped translation, funny spelling flubs or something literally translated from Greek to English. On the Greek Islands, you will often find very helpful […]
Comforting Chicken Paprikash
A few years ago while on my way to Greece for my summer vacation, I stopped for a few days in Budapest, Hungary. Budapest is really two cities: Buda sits on the hilly western bank of the Danube River and Pest to the east. Combined the two cities are known as Budapest. Hungary is known […]
Greek Style Roasted Chicken
One my favourite Greek dishes is a roasted chicken. Greeks will often have chicken served with rice, orzo or as in this instance, potatoes. We are fond of one-pot meals or a complete meal in a roasting pan. A Greek roasted chicken has classic flavours….dried oregano, salt and pepper, olive oil and lots of fresh […]
Chicken Chasseur
This past summer I watched Bobby Flay make a French classic called Chicken Chasseur or Hunter-style chicken. With a name like that, I guess this is the French answer to Chicken Cacciatore (another hunter plate). Ya know, before this Bobby Flay episode, I had never heard of this dish and I had bookmarked it to […]
Thai Clubhouse Sandwich
One of the advantages of surfing others’ food blogs is seeing visually enticing foods but the recipes do not always use traditional ingredients one keeps in their pantry. Katerina of Daily Unadventures in Cooking made a lovely Curried Mango Chicken Salad and I had all the ingredients except for the curry powder (it’s almost taboo […]
Chicken Avgolemeno With Prunes
In the realm of Greek cooking, there’s a renaissance in motion. The folks in Greece are traveling more than ever and expanding their palettes. Greeks of the diaspora have substituted/compensated traditional Greek ingredients with what’s at hand and returning their focus to the classics, kicked up of course! I’ll give the example of Italian-Americans using […]
Turkey Pot Pie
I finally got to the pot O’ gold at the end of my rainbow of leftover turkey. We ate turkey for Thanksgiving, had the same dinner as leftovers on Tuesday, made turkey sandwiches, made hot turkey and stuffing sandwiches, made turkey club-houses and boiled the carcass for some tasty turkey stock. With the turkey stock […]
A Stress-Free Thanksgiving
The weather-man delivered! We were promised a hot Thanksgiving Day in Toronto and that’s what we got…a record 31-point-something Celcius record high. With weather like this, there was no way I was going lose out on an October tan in Canada. I had a stress-free day enjoying the weather and preparing a Thanksgiving dinner. Thanksgiving […]
