Classic Greek Almond Cookies Kourambiedis have always been my favourite Greek cookie/confection. One of the best parts of holiday dinners was unwrapping the packages from… Read More »Kourambiedes – Greek almond cookie recipe
Dry cured olives and olive salt make excellent holiday gifts It’s December! Strategies for holiday treats, gifts, and family dinners I was raised in a… Read More »It’s December! Strategies for holiday treats, gifts, and family dinners
Dry cured olives for entertaining and family dinners My favourite olives both to make and to eat are dry cured. These are so easy to… Read More »Dry-cured olives and olive salt
Additional heading Olives are so simple to prepare and home-cured olives are so superior to commercial ones that it’s surprising that more people don’t line… Read More »Brine Curing Black Olives
Delicious, rich, satisfying and simple to make. This is a great hostess gift that can be made at the last minute. Not much in… Read More »Lemon Butter
This pate is made with ice wine, but you could substitute port, sherry, or black currant jelly . Chicken liver pate with thyme and ice… Read More »Chicken Liver Pate with Ice Wine
For Olive Lovers This is a very easy black olive tapenade without anchovies that is a guaranteed pleaser at parties. Making tapenade the first time… Read More »Tapenade with dried tomatoes, olives, garlic, and capers
I had already been planning to publish this recipe for New Year's Day that my parents used to make for their NYE parties and… Read More »Rae’s Gravlaks (gravlax)
A Christmas Tradition in our house, the fruitcake was always made in June or July to ensure it was well-aged before serving. In the intervening… Read More »Nona’s English Fruit Cake
How is vinegar made? If you want to make your own vinegar, this article covers my own experience in vinegar making over the past year, with instructions for making vinegar from a variety of fruits, and a step by step observation of the creation of a rice vinegar this past summer.