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 […]
The Gypsy Skillet
One of the new blogs out there in the food scene comes from a gal named Mila. Her blog title is “KISS….Keep It Simple Stupid”. I often share her belief that many dishes need not be complicated, too rigid in ingredient approach and allow for personal tastes and preferences to be applied to a recipe. […]
Whole Roasted Red Snapper
Before I get on with this visually stimulating and most delicious dish, I must say I’m really liking the feel and look of “Kalofagas Mach II”. It’s cleaner, more organized, revolving header scheme and it’s scalab, meaning that changes, tweaks and updates to the look and function of the blog are easily applied in the […]
Slow Prime Rib Roast au Jus
Another Christmas has come and gone. I hope all of you had a restful day, nothing too stressed, few family arguments, much laughter and memorable moments. I spent my day with my immediate family and we enjoyed a classic Prime Rib Roast with the usual fixins’ and some Greek touches. For as long as I […]
Garidomakaronada With Ouzo and Fresh Tomato
Now isn’t this title a mouthful? Garidomakaronada is a compound word in Greek meaning “pasta & shrimp”. Garides are shrimp, makaronia is general word, like pasta. The bounty of fresh tomatoes is here and for this very short window of time, a tomato sauce can be made from fresh tomatoes and one can actually pull […]
Baked Rigatoni With Eggplant and Sausage
It looks like my hopes for a little bit more of Indian Summer are fading. Global warming has abated and the usual, seasonal, cold Canadian weather is here. We’re expecting our first major snowfall here in the Toronto area. This means I won’t be posting any dishes made on my grill anytime soon! However, I […]