While I was home me and my brother and my friend Melanie set aside an afternoon to walk around Portland and try some of the city’s gourmet food trucks. When we were walking down Hawthorne on the east side of the...
A few weeks ago I made a variation of Greek mousaka using butternut squash instead of the traditional eggplant. I only used half of a butternut squash for the recipe, and wrapped the other half in plastic and placed it in the...
One of the greatest things about being home in Oregon is the abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables. The other day me and my brother, Pantelis, went berry picking in the West Union Gardens and got a pint of marionberries, a pint of...
This is going to be a good week. Yesterday I flew out of Long Beach airport and into Portland, Oregon where I am going to be visiting my family for the next week. It is also why I wasn’t able to post yesterday,...
As you could probably tell from the frequency of my posts over the past several weeks, I am only going to be posting once a week now instead of twice a week because of my work schedule. I am still cooking away, but doing...
About two months ago I entered a food photography contest and won, which was exciting in and of itself, BUT what I was most excited about was the prize. A $250 gift certificate to Nordicware. YAY! Of course I got a multitude of bundt...
Yesterday me and Jeremy went over to Koreatown to hunt down some octopus. Back home my Theio Soulis always has some on hand, and I’ve brought some down here before when I’ve gone home to visit, but I’ve never tried to find any...
Sorry it has been a bit since my last post, things have been slightly hectic lately with work and side projects. I’m really enjoying being a Page, it’s the best job I’ve ever had by far. The first time I supervised a section of...
Lately I’ve been craving a nice, hot, spiced rice dish. I thought long and hard about what to make, and remembered how much I loved paella, and how long it’s been since I’ve tasted it, (I haven’t had paella since I went backpacking...
This weekend I am going to be heading up to Lake Tahoe to visit my friend Kate and her family. I always love going to Lake Tahoe because Kate and her family are the nicest people, and we always end up doing something...
Things have been pretty hectic for me lately with the Page program, but this week my schedule is beginning to slow down again which is giving me more time to catch up on posts. Yay! I was pretty nervous before I started the program...
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this, but I am kind of obsessed with cupcakes. I think I just really like the idea of a mobile form of cake that I can walk around with and enjoy on the go, without having to sit...
