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Monkfish With Kritharaki, Fennel & Orange
One of my favourite fish is monkfish or angler fish. In Greece they call this fish peskandritsa and it usally is big, it’s fugly but it’s versatile and delicious. If you’re the type that doesn’t want...
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Big Fat Greek Dinner in Buffalo, New York
Last weekend will be a very memorable one. For the first time I took my Greek Supper Club concept to the western New York area and cooked another Big Fat Greek Dinner. There were some similarities to...
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Kalofagas Lamb Ribs
Ontario has always had high quality lamb and it’s a good thing. Greeks eat lamb for Sunday dinners, week days on occasion and of course, for Easter. Not everyone likes lamb but year by year more people...
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Greek Food Gazette 03/03/2013
pensioner selling lottery tickets, Thessaloniki Another confirmation that Mediterranean diet and lifestyle will extend your lifespan 2012 saw a record number of Israelis visit Greece last year A...
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Tsiknopempti – Greek Carnival Dinner Recap
Last night’s dinner was probably my most ambitious to date…record sold out crowd of over 60 guests, a menu with a over a dozen items and all this being cooked in a kitchen I have never worked in...
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Greek Food Gazette 09/03/2013
Join me in Greece for a Cooking Workshop House of Wine is hosting a Xinomavro wine tour in Naoussa & Amynteo March 23rd 48 hours in Athens with Stelios Boutaris If in the Melbourne area, you have...
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Ellasonitiko (Slow Roasted Pork Belly With Crackling)
Last summer was a hot one and avoid the cities and stay near the beaches where most of my friends and family are, anyways. Once the temperatures get cooler, the evenings longer – that’s when it’s time...
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Spaghetti With Roasted Cherry Tomatoes & Dry Mizithra Cheese
Last weekend brought the end to the meat-eating phase of Apokries (Greek Carnival) and now Greeks are in the homestretch – the last week of Apokries. It’s Tyrini or Cheesefare Week with many Greeks...
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Join Me For a Cooking Workshop In Greece
Greek Cooking Workshop June 30-July 7, 2013 Greek cuisine is renowned for its fresh, healthy ingredients and simple preparation. Learn to prepare dozens of Greek dishes during a week filled with...
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Greek Food Gazette 16/03/2013
Sani Resort, Halkidiki Gaea, Cat Cora & Greek America team up to offer contest to young Greeks looking to enter food industry Tarpon Springs celebrates Greek wines for the rest of March Zagat...
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Greek Lent (Sarakosti) Recipe Round-up
Artichokes ala Polita As a convenience to the many readers of this blog, I’ve amassed all the Lenten (and Lent-friendly) dishes that I have posted thus far. Most of the dishes are Greek and...
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Loukoumades
One of Greece’s best known sweets/ desserts/snacks/street foods has to be Loukoumades. I knew that offering these sweet fritters up for my guests would be memorable. Every Greek has had them....
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Artichokes ala Polita
A Lenten favourite as artichokes are in season during this period. The “ala Polita” refers to the dish’s origins…Constantinople. Artichokes a la Polita (serves 4) 12 artichokes, trimmed & cleaned 2...
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Cuttlefish Lemonato
Cuttlefish Lemonato (serves 4 as a meze plate) 1 kg. of baby cuttlefish, gutted and cleaned, patted dry 1 medium onion, sliced the tops of 2 scallions, chopped 3 cloves of garlic, minced 1/3 cup olive...
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Greek Food Gazette 22/03/2013
Changing of the guard, Athens Fabulous new site promoting the culture & history of Byzantium Little Greek restaurants helping to keep Tampa beaches clean Costa Navarino to begin building an...
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Seared Halibut With Greens & Chickpeas
Here in Canada we still have snow on the ground. A cruel joke served by Mother Nature after having a mostly mild winter here in the Great White North. Back in Greece, they survived a relatively mild...
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Greek Salad on a Stick
I recently had the pleasure of catering an evening of Greek & Mediterranean nibbles on the occasion of a client’s 50 birthday. I was instructed to make appetizers, perfect for people who want to...
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Journey to the Land of Xinomavro
Bench at Amynteon train station No, I am not talking about some far off province of China but today’s post centers on Xinomavro, an ancient Greek varietal that literally translates to “sour black”....
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Greek Food Gazette 29/03/2013
mountainous interior of Lefkada island Gastronomia @ Brussels kicks-off this weekend until May 2nd, Click Here for details Greek America announces Greek Weekend at Disneyland May 25th-27th Benaki...
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Spaghetti Tossed in Shrimp Butter
This is one of the tastiest pasta dishes you will ever have. Really. How can it not be good when the sauce contains onions, garlic, lots of shrimp, mushrooms, red peppers, Ouzo , butter, cream cheese...
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