From the monthly archives:

January 2007

CAN YOU GET COLCANNON IN CALABRIA?

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 [...]

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EGGS…ELLENT

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 [...]

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WHAT CAME FIRST? THE CHICKEN OR THE RICE?…

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 [...]

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HEIDELBERG

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 [...]

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FOR BETTER OR FOR WURST

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 [...]

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WELL BREAD

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 [...]

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BEAUTY AND THE FEAST

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 [...]

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WHAT A DAY

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, [...]

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HELLO AND G’DAY

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 [...]

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