January 2007

CAN YOU GET COLCANNON IN CALABRIA?

by Peter G January 30, 2007 Bite Club

A sense of routine is returning to Sydney. Stores are fully opened pegging their wares for Valentine’s Day, kids are returning to school and Biteclub is on again tonight. Our self appointed secretary, Jason had also returned from a three week vacation in South America. So I was looking forward to hearing some great holiday stories. Tonight’s Biteclub was being hosted by Noel and Sarina. Sarina is of Italian descent [...]

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EGGS…ELLENT

by Peter G January 28, 2007 Recipes

Aaaahh!!! The humble egg. The controversy that surrounds this food item is amazing. I like to think of it as the “Paris Hilton” of the food world. One week loved, another week vilified. Lots of special appearances in many countries’ recipes around the globe. Nutritionists and food experts love talking about it. One week it is being blamed for the cause of high cholesterol, yet speak to any athlete or [...]

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WHAT CAME FIRST? THE CHICKEN OR THE RICE?…

by Peter G January 26, 2007 Recipes

I had a smile on my face as I prepared the above dish. Here I was, an Australian of Greek descent, cooking Singapore Chicken Rice. On Australia Day!!! While everyone was out having barbecues, I awoke from a jetlagged slumber craving comfort food. My comfort food cravings or CFC for short, always depend on the weather. In winter think of casseroles and mash. During Sydney’s sub tropical summer, I prefer [...]

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HEIDELBERG

by Peter G January 25, 2007 Places

This is what greeted me the moment we arrived in Heidelberg. Rich, moist succulent cakes and dainty sweets and chocolates. Move over Willy Wonka!! A sugar fix was needed and they were perfect for that craving. Those big white ‘cricket balls” you see in the window display are actually long strips of biscuit pastry that are formed into a ball and deep fried. They are then dipped or rolled into [...]

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FOR BETTER OR FOR WURST

by Peter G January 23, 2007 Places

Apart from bread, beer and sausages are featured strongly in the German culinary world. Sausages, or “wurst” as they are known here also come in an array of flavours. Bratwurst probably being the most popular one. But there is more to life than bratwurst, There is weiswurst, currywurst (sausages flavoured with curry) and a meatloaf type of sausage that is cut into square portions and served between a baguette roll [...]

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WELL BREAD

by Peter G January 21, 2007 Places

Hi again. Today’s blog entry finds me in Europe. Frankfurt, Germany to be exact. I had to dash over with work for a few days and I thought I would catch up with my friend Nick while I was in town. Now, before I continue, I must apologise in advance. My camera had issues and wasn’t working properly. So therefore I missed a few food photo opps, except for my [...]

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BEAUTY AND THE FEAST

by Peter G January 16, 2007 Bite Club

BiteClub was on again tonight and I could hardly wait to see what Michael and Tony were organising. Summer in Sydney is a fantastic time of the year. This year, its taken a while for it to get going. But finally, you can feel and smell it in the air!!! Some might wonder about the strange title for this blog entry. You see Michael and Tony have this cactus in [...]

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WHAT A DAY

by Peter G January 15, 2007 Personal

Phew!!!….It’s been a hell of a day!!!! I was up quite early this morning trying to put the final touches to this blog and website in general. I had to cook some souvlaki and then set it up for a photography session. I think its come up well though. Not bad for a first timer, I say. Thank god I’m using advanced software that comes with easy instructions. I credit [...]

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HELLO AND G’DAY

by Peter G January 14, 2007 Personal

Welcome to Souvlaki For The Soul. I hope you can join me on this wonderful journey of food, recipes, cooking and travel. I’m not sure where this web adventure will take me but I hope it will be enjoyable for you as it will be for me. I’ve wanted to participate in the Information Age for a while now. I just wasn’t sure how to enter this arena. You see, [...]

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