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Grouper With Green Olives & Sultanas

I enjoy foods that offer contrasts: it could be heat and spice combined with a cooling element or a tender morsel in the mouth along with a garnish to offer some crunch. I also like contrasts in flavours – some yin & yang and in this case the savory is balanced with  ever so slight sweetness of sultana raisins. Sultanas are golden raisins and I used to see them in the array of finger foo...

Windows in Niagara Falls by Jamie Kennedy

Jamie Kennedy has long been associated with local, seasonal cooking in the Toronto area (some say he led the movement) and now he’s spread his wings to Niagara Falls where he treated some lucky guests to a dinner atop of the Sheraton Hotel’s Windows restaurant overlooking both the American and Canadian Falls. Chef Jamie Kennedy with personal assistant Jo Dickins Born and raised in To...

Greek Food Gazette 13/05/2012

photo by Vicky Stamateas Discover Toronto’s Greektown on the Danforth every Saturday from 11:30am – 2:30pm A journey to the cherry orchards of Pella The first Acropolis Half-Marathon takes place on May 20th New York Times invites you on a Greek wine adventure with some recommendations Feature Greek island: Amorgos Tasty tips to enjoy mange tout or…fassaolakia Post Footer auto...

Floriniotiki Strapetsada With Feta & Kebapia

To understand where this dish comes from is to first get a hang of what Strapetsada is: basically a scrambled egg dish containing grated tomatoes, olive oil and crumbled Feta and often eaten as a meze or late evening Greek dinner. There are may variances to this dish but those are the basics. Like with any cuisine there are also regional versions of dishes applied to the standards and strapetsada...

Tyler Florence’s Fried Chicken

I read just last week that fried chicken is “trending”…did it ever go away? I think what is really happening is a movement to fry more at home rather than rely on restaurants and fast food eateries to handle what some consider “heavy lifting” in terms of cooking. Frying food is intimidating, it’s messy and if you don’t know what you’re doing it may r...

Greek Food Gazette 06/05/2012

A Frenchman, a Greek and a Turk rate some of the market’s leading yogurt brands This article may help you decide which Greek island to visit this summer Discover Greektown on the Danforth, a walking tour of one of North America’s most vibrant Greek neighborhoods Santorini, the “jewel of the Mediterranean” appears to be avoiding the “Greek crisis” Bargains galo...

Riganada

A little while back I shared my memories of visiting the island of Lefkada and this time I’m back to share more but this time we’re going to touch upon the cuisine. Lefkada is located on the Ionian side of Greece, that which faces Italy and its no coincidence that many dishes hint of those Italian influences. For many centuries the Ionian Islands (or Seven Islands) have been an importa...

Fried Sweetbreads With Walnut Skordalia

Just as sure as Spring arriving, so does Easter – ushering in new beginnings. As part of Greek Easter we (Greeks) like to nosh on some mezedes as the day marches on, one hour closer to the roasted lamb, one bite more until finally….Easter is but a memory. One of the mezedes my family enjoys are sweetbreads which come from the thymus gland, at the chest entry just below the trachea. Swe...

Greek Food Gazette 29/04/2012

“Let’s Do It Greece” is an initiative to give Greece a Spring cleaning, join in the effort on April 29th Historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes shares her Athens Tara Q. Thomas of Wine & Spirits magazine discusses Greek wines at the Splendid Table Beyond Athens: let’s go north to the Lake Prespes region of northern Greece The next Kalofagas Supper Club takes place o...

Kalofagas Greek Supper Club – An Evening in the Cyclades

I’m excited to announce the second Kalofagas Greek Supper Club and this time I’m going to explore the cuisine from the Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea. The first time I set foot on these islands was back in 1988 when getting around Greece was harder, longer and more tiresome. I had to take an all-night KTEL bus from Thessaloniki to Athens, then grab a cab to the port of Piraeus for...

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