Seared Scallops & Lemon Kritharaki
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The first time I had scallops was I went with some buddies to Ft. Lauderdale for March Break back in 1986.
Recap Greek Summer Supper Club
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One of my favourite dinners to host are my “al fresco” Supper Clubs held in the courtyard at the Bob Rumble Manor. This past July I hosted an all fish/seafood dinner paired with Greek wines and lots of Greek extra-virgin olive oil in all the dishes. A thank you to MT Foods for providing many […]
Pasta Shells with Sausage, Arugula, Cream Sauce
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If you’re looking for a quick weeknight meal, pasta is a the answer. Specifically, this recipe contains sausage meat, some cream, baby arugula, cheese and of course the pasta.
Chicken Vinsanto
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This dish could be made on a weeknight or weekend, packs lots of flavour with mushrooms, herbs, stock and the wine.
My YiaYia’s Meat Sauce
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My yiayia would call them “petaloudes” aka butterflies.
Rooster Braised in Wine with Trahana
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The French have “Coq au Vin” and us Greeks have “Kokkoros Krasato”. Both dishes are are alike as a rooster gets braised in wine (among other things) but the flavour profile is different. It’s best to not confuse the two dishes. So how does a rooster end up in the kitchen pot and ultimately on […]
Spaghetti with a Greek Meat Sauce (μακαρονάδα)
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…and one of my ingrained food memories is eating my grandmother’s (Yiayia) spaghetti and meat sauce.