Author: Caterina Borg, Good Food Gourmet
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Greek Youvetsi Is Baked Orzo At Its Best
This beautiful Greek dish known as youvetsi ( pronounced you-vet-si) is a baked pasta dish that uses orzo — a pasta that looks like large grains of rice. This dish was a staple in our house when I was growing up, and the recipe I am sharing with you is my mother’s version.
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Friday Night Cocktail: Homemade Tia Maria Liquer on Ice
I have a wonderful Aunt and her name is Despina..we call her Daisy for short. She is the most kindhearted, thoughtful, quirky, eccentric and generous person you will ever meet. She is my mother’s youngest sister, and dare I say, my favorite of the family. I share many things in common with her, and the most important one…
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Traditional Australian (Aussie) Lamingtons
There are so many things I miss about living in Australia. We were considered city folk living in a suburb of Melbourne called Moonee Ponds, but we were still surrounded by so much natural beauty. I miss many of the foods and sweets I grew up with, and I work hard trying to replicate tastes,…
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Victoria’s Fancy Foods: Specialty at its best…
Victoria’s Fancy Foods, 350 Ritchie Hwy, Severna park, MD 21146, 410-384-9463 Hours of Operation: M-F 10am-7pm, Saturday 10am-6pm Accepts Visa, Mastercard & Discover I have lived in Severna Park, Maryland since 1986. It is a small, quiet little town that neighbors Annapolis fifteen minutes away… and if you blink, you might just drive right through…
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Friday Night Cocktail: Delicious & Refreshing Sangria
I have been in the food business for many years, and one of the perks is that you receive free subscriptions to some really interesting food magazines. Many times, these magazines have great information about new food trends and sometimes they have some delicious food and cocktail recipes. This recipe was taken from one of…
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Creamy Au Gratin Potatoes
Have I told you before how much I love potatoes? Well, if I haven’t, then…I love potatoes. Unfortunately, it’s one of those foods that many people shy away from when they are carb counting, and that’s too bad because potatoes contain loads of vitamins and minerals along with an assortment of phytochemicals such as carotenoids…
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Karidopita (Greek Walnut Cake)
My family made some great desserts, but my all time favorite is Karidopita or Greek walnut cake. This is a light and fluffy cake soaked with a very light syrup and left to chill completely. There is no flour in this recipe because it is made with Greek paximathia otherwise known as rusk bread. These…
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Brandied Cherries
I went to have dinner with some friends last weekend and I was asked by Pete, the patriarch of the family, if I knew how to make brandied cherries….Well, I honestly had never tried, but it could not be that hard…could it? Apparently, poor Pete had a stash that he was eating, and as the…
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Riva farmer’s market
Riva Farmer’s Market, Riva Road & Harry Truman Pkwy, April-December 2010, Tuesday 7am-12noon (starting June), Thursday 3pm-6pm, Saturday 7am-12noon I am a big promoter of buying local whenever and however you can. You’ve heard all of the reasons why a million times, but I just love getting out and meeting all of the wonderful and…
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Friday Night Cocktail: Homemade (Bailey’s) Irish Cream
Today’s post is not really a cocktail but an after dinner drink…I got this recipe from a friend of mine, Karen Wilder, who with her husband Jim Wilder owns The Wild Orchid Cafe along with their catering operation called Company’s Coming in Eastport, Maryland. These folks have been dishing up delicious food for many years, so when…
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So Delicious Sabayon Sauce
Weeknight dinners can be stressful, and sometimes it is all you can do to get the main meal on the table, and you haven’t even had one single moment to think about dessert…In most families, weeknight desserts usually include whatever is available. We do everyhthing we can to skip it and pass on the extra calories, but you…