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 […]
Awesome Osso Bucco
Osso Bucco is a northern Italian dish, from the Lombardy region (near Milano). The old school Osso Bucco did not include tomatoes (as they appeared in Italy after the dishes creation). This dish is made with veal shanks and icing on the cake for this dish has to be the marrow inside each bone. After […]
Lamb and Artichokes Avgolemeno
Here’s an updated recipe from when I originally posted, back in June of 2008. Lamb is a fave for Greeks and I’m delighted to learn that I’ve converted many people into liking it. Lamb is versatile, you can use certain cuts for grilling, others for mince, shanks for braising and it this case, a warm […]
Cauliflower Stifado With Kale & Kalamata Olives
You’ve indulged in rich foods over the holidays, perhaps some decadence in the diet? I have too! Now that we’re into January it’s time to look to the vast, delicious and healthy vegetarian Greek dishes that we call Ladera or “oiled”. The cornerstone of Greek cookery is seasonal ingredients, quality olive oil and prepared in […]
Ultimate, Awesome & Easy Chili con Carne
Sometimes you’re busy, sometimes you don’t feel like cooking or sometimes you want something quick and easy. A comfort dish from your childhood also helps! Once again this past weekend I was called upon to cook-up a comfort dish at Toronto’s Harbourfront, near the skating rink. It’s cold outside and warming dishes is what’s cold […]
Rabbit Stifado (Κουνέλι-Στιφάδο)
Lamb and sheep are cute animals, chickens are cute when they are born, calves are cute, turkeys are majestic with their plumage, deer are a adorable. All the above animals do not posess the “Fugly” gene yet we eat them. Rabbits are cute and sadly delicious! I just wanted to draw the parallel before any […]
Okra With Veal
Another staple of the Greek kitchen are okra. Okra is used alot in southern US cooking, Afro-American “soul food”, the Louisiana dish of Gumbo’s main ingredient is okra and in the Caribbean, Callaloo gets the okra treatment. Okra look and taste similar to beans but then are obviously thicker and taper like a thin pepper. […]
John Dory Fillet With Lentils
As I’ve written in some of my earlier posts, Greek cuisine is going through an awakening. Much like other cuisines, the Greeks are reinterpreting traditional dishes with new ingredients and offering “new takes” and presentations. One such Greek chef at the forefront of this movement is Lefteris Lazarou. He’s well-known inside Greece and his star […]
Lamb Fricasse With Avgolemeno
Lamb is much enjoyed by Greeks. I’ve always liked lamb and I’d eat more of it if weren’t so fattening and cost-prohibitive (yes I prefer lamb chops). Lamb Fricasse was not a dish I enjoyed as a kid but I had an epiphany one late night on the Danforth, Toronto’s Greektown. Back then I was […]
Stew of Veal With Carrots (Μοσχαρaki-με-καροτα)
When I was young, I didn’t like having the “Greek” meals like the one here. I didn’t like carrots, I thought bay leaves and spices were weird. What led to my awakening to good food and all food Greek? Perhaps it was spending summers traveling and being absent from my mom’s home cooking or perhaps […]
