From the most ancient times, the preparation and roasting of entire lambs has remained a trademark Greek food specialty. On Greek Orthodox Easter Sunday, Greece is blanketed from the mainland to the islands...
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Chocolate Tsoureki (Τσουρέκι Σοκολατένιο)
In August 2007, my wife Sophia and I visited the northern Greek province of Macedonia. We stayed for several days in Thessaloniki where we admired and sampled the sights and tastes of the beautiful port...
Monday, April 13, 2009
REWARD: $100 Mastic Shrimp Saganaki Bounty
Have you not noticed how often they became silent when you approached them, and how their strength left them like smoke from a dying fire?-excerpted from Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich NietzscheMy...
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Mastic Shrimp Saganaki (Γαρίδες Σαγανάκι με Μαστίχα)
This is one of my Greek food signature dishes. I created this recipe for my wife and it is now her favourite shrimp dish. For those of you who are unfamiliar with mastic resin, have a look at my previous...
Monday, April 6, 2009
Mastic - Mastiha (Μαστίχα)
From time to time, I like to mix a reflection or two in among my Greek food recipes. Today’s topic is one that really tickles my fancy. As far as spices go, there is surely none more unique or rarer than...
Saturday, April 4, 2009
My Big Fat Greek Food Blog Contest Winner!
Thanks to everyone who submitted an entry along with their kind words of encouragement. :-) I was pleasantly surprised, and a little overwhelmed, by the number of entries received. I was glad to read...
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