Cretan Memories with Boureki

Exotic World Recipes, Main Course Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes

As I was dusting my bookshelf my attention was focused on a series of 6 huge photo albums. Yes the actual printed pre digital kind. All of these albums are exclusively trips. When I was younger I did a lot of backpacking trips or loner road trips across Europe and...

Greek Yogurt Cheese Cake

Dessert Recipes, Exotic World Recipes, Traditions, Vegetarian Recipes

Last week I attended a media event where a lucky few bloggers and journalist got to sample a few Greek recipes made with Oikos Greek yogurt. The event took place at Martin Juneau’s new restaurant, Pastaga. Martin is one of the hot commodity Montreal chefs ...

The Greek Moussaka, a Greek Style Eggplant Lasagna with Bechamel

Exotic World Recipes, Main Course Recipes

Greek Moussaka is a delicious eggplant or potato-based dish, that includes ground meat, and is baked with a top layer made of béchamel sauce. When you start exploring more exotic foods you realize pretty soon that your local Chinese, Japanese, Greek and...

The Yogurt, she is going Greek

Food Trends & Gadgets, Reviews, Sauce and Condiment Recipes

OK now read the title of the post again but with the accent of the father in the movie My Greek Wedding! Is it me or everyone is doing Greek yogurt right now? I have no complaints about it, I love the stuff, but it is the IN THANG in yogurtland. The newest company to...

Mastic Ice Cream

Exotic World Recipes, Ice Cream and Frozen Recipes

I was most intrigued when I came across a recipe with the ingredient Mastic, something I never heard of. Apparently Mastic or Masticha is the resin obtained from the mastic tree produced exclusively on the Greek island of Chios. The sun-dried resin is tear shaped and...