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Greek Style Sunday Roast
This dish is inspired by the memories of having large family gatherings on Sundays. I mean large when aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents also show up for lunch/dinner and lots of food would be...
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Kalofagas Greek Christmas Dinner Recap
It seems that these Greek Supper Clubs keep getting better and better! I think it’s a combo of getting more comfortable in the kitchen space we’ve been using of late (Aphrodite Cooks Studio) and I am...
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Greek Food Gazette 14/12/2012
Air-opened phyllo, Bantis Bougatsa, Thessaloniki Please try and shop Greek and support Greek businesses during this busy shopping month “A Greek Journey With a Fork and a Pen”, a new Greek cookbook and...
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Artichoke Soup With Greek Yogurt
Another favourite vegetable of mine are artichokes. Ancient, Mediterranean, healthy and delicious. Although they can be a pain to clean (remove leaves), it’s more of a tedious task rather than a...
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Feta & Leek Croquettes
A city in Europe that always caught my interest was Amsterdam. I liked that the Dutch had a historical tie to Canada from WWII, that the Dutch were tolerant and a diverse society, many spoke English...
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Pork Gioulbasi Stuffed Kefalotyri & Sour Cherry Sauce
There’s a Constantinople dish from around 1900 called Gioulbasi. Traditionally, a leg of lamb is studded with garlic and stuffed with pieces of sharp, aged Greek cheese. The meat is wrapped in...
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Greek Food Gazette 21/12/2012
Old Town, Xanthi Gift certificates now available for my Kalofagas Greek Supper Clubs The Kaimakstalan ski area and Lake Vegoritida region offer lots of activities during the winter months The Bouroume!...
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Juicy Chicken Gioulbasi in Parchment
Another Gioulbasi recipe, Greek man? Why….yes! This recipe comes from a rare, out of print book (only in Greek) that focuses on Rebetika mezedes/small bites and dishes. I love this book and you’ll be...
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Tsigarides – Fried Pork Chunks
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with family, friends and loved ones. Yesterday was one of the most memorable…for the company and of course, the food. Christmas for the Greeks goes beyond...
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Kozani Style Cabbage Rolls With Tomato & Saffron
The most common and well-known cabbage rolls for Greeks are made with an Avgolemono Sauce. The the rest of the world, most of you are more familiar with cabbage rolls with a tomato sauce. Us Greeks...
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Pork & Mushroom Tigania With Katsamaki
The winter time in Greece is all about gathering with friends at someone’s home or at a taverna. Bonus points if the taverna has a fireplace…maybe in the center of the room or tucked in one corner....
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Pastourmadopita
I’ve made this pita a few times last month and I am now sharing this festive recipe for a pita containing Pastourma, an air-cured beef with its origins in Caesaria (Cappadocia), Turkey. Greeks have a...
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Roast Pheasant With Mushroom Cream Sauce
Last week I had the good fortune of being given two pheasants, just hunted from southern Ontario’s wilderness. The last time I enjoyed pheasant was over 10 years ago and the pheasant was farm-raised,...
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Deipnon – Food & Wine of Ancient Greece
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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...
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Meatless Moussaka
Ahhh Moussaka, a dish food historians can’t agree upon who it belongs to or food critics argue about who makes the best one. I can assure you Greeks love Moussaka and our version is usually made with...
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Greek Food Gazette 01/12/2013
Some great Greek wine deals at Ontario’s LCBO Acropolis Museum to host art work shops Greek food bank struggles to meet demand Trash from old Thessaloniki hospital gives us a glimpse of life in...
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THE Macaroni & Cheese
NO…not the boxed one most of us grew up with but a down home, comforting casserole of elbow macaroni tossed in a cheese sauce and baked until just golden and crisp on top. I’ve always loved macaroni...
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Greek Food Gazette 18/01/2013
Old port of Chania, Crete Food & Wine of Ancient Greece dinner happening in Toronto on Jan.27th, some seats avaialable The Wine Ponce recommends three Greeks wines available here in Ontario (LCBO)...
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Bow-Tie Pasta With Cauliflower, Olives & Graviera Cheese
I am delighted that my recent recipe for Cauliflower Stifado was very well received and many readers tried out the dish and loved it! I am back today with another cauliflower dish, this time it’s...
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