Happy Birthday Canada
July 1st is Canada Day or our nation’s birthday. Tomorrow this young country will turn 141 and I’m every bit a proud Canadian as I am Greek. Canada is a nation of the Native peoples, the French and English majority and the multicultural mosaic that’s made up of all the other ethnicities. I’m grateful for […]
Korean BBQ (Kalbi)
This past week I was downtown and between meetings and I was left with a few free hours in between. After scouring Yonge Street for a dinner, I finally settled on having some Korean BBQ. What you have here is beef short ribs that are marinated over night and then quickly grilled over high heat […]
Chocolate Kormos With Orange Juice
I found this recipe from the web site of a popular Greek food show called the Nistiko Arkoudi or Hungry Bear. The show’s title comes from a play on a Greek saying, “a hungry bear never dances”. If you take a look at this show’s “big bear list of recipes” you’ll no doubt see that […]
Keftedes
Keftedes can be simply described as Greek hamburgers. You may have tried a kefte (singular) at a Greek-owned burger joint. You know the ones… where there’s always a souvlaki and a home burger on the menu? As a Greek, I grew up on these: grilled in the summer, fried or baked in the cold months. […]
Grilled Yellow Tail Snapper
With the warm weather here and having a short Canadian Spring & Summer, I try & BBQ/grill as much as I can. One of the places I visit is a local Chinese supermarket and they have a seafood counter. They usually do not have the best or freshest selection but if you know seafood, some […]
Easy Trail Mix Bars
I like snacking and I think we’re all looking for something healthier and of course homemade. I receive Kraft’s What’s Cooking quarterly and I’ve been more attracted to their dessert & sweets recipes. Here’s the recipe: http://www.kraftcanada.com/EN/Recipes/RecipeTemplate?recipe_id=86964 I found this to be both easy and tasty…enjoy! Subscribe to Kalofagas – Pursuit of Delicious Foods
