Costco just got a whole lot sweeter thanks to a Greek-owned business. The Milk Shake Factory by Edward Marc Chocolatier announced its official launch in Costco stores in mid-April 2013, introducing a brand new product called Snappers. Snappers are described as a crunchy, salty and sweet snack wrapped up in one bite! “Made with crisp [...]
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Kalamata Olives From Italy in Miami
The Mayor of Kalamata, Panagiotis Nikas, received a strange phone call from America. It was from a Greek traveling to Miami, who told him that although he was delighted to be served a salad with Kalamata olives, he was displeased when the waitress told him Kalamata is in Italy. Michael Kormalos from the Greek island [...]
Greek Crisis Cuts Astoria Grocer’s Easter Supplies
Titan Foods is a giant Greek grocery store on 31st Street, Astoria, a NY neighborhood with a strong Greek Diaspora presence. The grocery store has been importing products and items from Greece for many years, but the financial crisis in the Mediterranean country is beginning to affect its smooth operation lately. Now, right before the [...]
Chicago’s Top 5 Greek Restaurants
With a strong Greek diaspora population residing in Chicago, it is almost natural for the most populous city of the US to have a wide range of restaurants and tavernas offering delightful journeys through the tastes of the Greek and Mediterranean cuisine. Traditional flavors and products from the homeland including tzatziki, gyros, kalamari, fresh fish, [...]
Klondike Cheese Will Make Greek Yogurt
Known for its award-winning Feta, sold under the Odyssey label, Klondike Cheese Company is now ready to enter the Greek yogurt business aiming to bring the traditional and rich in proteins flavor to its clients in an more sweetened and less tart way. The fourth generation, family-owned business of Monroe, Wisconsin, has a background knowledge [...]
Kitchen Nightmares at Yanni’s, Seattle
Chef Gordon Ramsey visited Yanni’s in Seattle. The restaurant has a long history of success, but has been falling apart in the last few years. The consensus among the family creating meals and serving at Yanni’s, is that the current problems stem from owner Peter’s refusal to make any sort of changes. The Greek restaurant [...]
Wine Expert Promotes Greek Varieties
Forty-three year-old Tara Thompson may have quit her dream of becoming a CIA agent, but life led her to another … CIA, the Culinary Institute of America - one of the best culinary schools in the world – which introduced her to the world of flavors and made her one of the greatest connoisseurs of [...]
US and Europe Feta Dispute
According to Bloomberg, Europeans and Americans are once again asked to deal with some of the most difficult issues that seem to cause them trouble: cheese, wine, foie gras and steak, in view of negotiations for a new trade agreement between the U.S. and the EU. At the moment the U.S. and the EU seem [...]
Top 5 Greek Restaurants in NY
The Big Apple has something to offer for every taste. With a strong Greek diaspora population residing in Astoria, Queens, it is almost natural to have a wide range of restaurants and tavernas offering delightful journeys through the tastes of the Greek and Mediterranean cuisine. Traditional flavors and products from the homeland including tzatziki, gyros, [...]
Kangadis Food Sued
According to the New York Times, the North American Olive Oil Association, a trade group that represents the olive oil business in the United States and Canada, is suing Kangadis Food over falsely labeling its Capatriti brand as olive oil when the product is a fat from leftover olive skins and pits. Themis Kangadis, an [...]
HRF Provides Support For Greece’s Needy
The Hellenic Relief Foundation, in an effort reminiscent of the Diaspora pitching in to help Greece after World War II,has delivered food rations to families in Athens and Corfu who were going without enough because of the country’s crushing economic crisis and harsh austerity measures applied to workers, pensioners and the poor. According to organization [...]
Greek Love Story Became Sweet Business
Zandra Zampieri’s Real Almond Cake is a Valentine that makes a delicious gift all year long but it was born of a love story. She grew up in Managua, Nicaragua, and moved to New York to model. She met Greek-born Demetrios Kaparis, a naval architect and engineer, while working as a publicist at a cruise [...]
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