Let’s talk lemon squares. My first introduction to these was as a kid when I was at a friend’s house (we’re still friends, not doubt we bonded over a mutual love of lemon squares) and she served me Lucy’s Lemon Squares. I always assumed Lucy referred to Charlie Brown’s Lucy, but now I’m not [...]
Whenever I feel particularly overfed (which truthfully is daily!) I make this soup because it’s fast, easy, delicious and very nourishing. I make my own bone broth (formerly known as stock), but you can substitute store bought. But if you have the time, I really think homemade broth is far more nutritious. I like [...]
As you can tell, I LOVE Food 52, I’m not kidding. I’ve even sent them fan letters! So when I saw this recipe I stopped dead in my tracks! It looked so interesting and delicious that I HAD to know what it tasted like, and what magic I needed in order to make something [...]
A couple times a year I get the girls together for a waffle party. Typically I make the yeasted overnight waffles, which are absolutely the best! I love them so much that I make them with my students once a semester and often have a batch of them cooked and ready in the freezer. [...]
This recipe was sent out via the Greek family communication network (email) shortly before the holidays. In addition to having our own family newsletter that comes out twice a year, and a family reunion at the farm once a year, and the occasional cousins gatherings throughout the year, we have a Dimotakis family group [...]
I love vanilla. Vanilla ice cream, milk with vanilla and sugar (childhood favorite), vanilla custard, vanilla rice pudding, vanilla tapioca, I splash vanilla in my smoothies, or sometimes drop some into my coffee…you get the idea. So when I saw this recipe on my favorite Food 52 I knew it was a must try. [...]
Inspirations from a Greek Family Farm What happens when you take a Greek family eating a classic Mediterranean diet and transport them to the abundant San Joaquin Valley? You get my family. In the early 1900’s my grandparents emigrated from Crete to California. They purchased 40 acres in Manteca, CA and [...]
I love to mess with traditional Greek ingredients updating the presentation to a more contemporary dish. I call this Greek Chic (because it sort of rhymes and because you could also mispronounce it and call Greek Chick, which also works). We had some friends over for lunch on Sunday, and I felt like messing [...]
Greek Cookies COMING SOON My mother was a fabulous baker and some of my favorite childhood memories are working with her in the kitchen shaping oodles and oodles of cookies for weddings and christenings. I would grab the step stool and drag it by her side, scramble to the top seat and position myself [...]
Sometimes you just want cake. It comes out of nowhere, the desire and it won’t leave you until you’ve satisfied it, you want, you need…cake. It hit me yesterday, it came on me with the full force of a sweet desire. I didn’t want to purchase cake, unfortunately most cakes are refrigerated and that [...]
