OCN Virtual Cooking Fundraiser with Celebrity Chef Sophia
Virtual Cooking Fundraiser with Celebrity Chef Sophia For many of us, the coronavirus pandemic has meant a lot more cooking and screen time. At Orthodox Christian Network we have prepared a program you won’t want to miss. We are combining faith, food, and a virtual cooking community with Celebrity Chef Soph event...
Red eggs, traditional method
James W. Lillie On Lazarus Saturday, I realized I couldn’t find my copy of the services for Great Week, so, naturally, I went down to the local supermarket and bought another copy. This ease of access to Church supplies (charcoal, wicks, incense, televised services for the sick and so on)...
A Chef Sophia Recipe — Avgolemono
Christ is Risen! I am so excited to be back with you all after a wonderful Pascha. This week I showed you how to make Avgolemono. For those of you who were not able to catch my live cooking show on MyOCN instagram story I have shared the recipe below for...
A Chef Sophia Recipe — Eggplant Dip
Here is another great meal for your Lenten Fast. If you missed my live preparation of this dish on MyOCN Instagram MyStory, you can watch it below! I have also shared the recipe, so you can follow along with me. Let me know what you think! INGREDIENTS 2 – 3 eggplants (depending on the...
A Chef Sophia Fennel Fritters Lenten Recipe
We all know it can be hard to find recipes that fit into our Lenten Fast. To give you a new option for you and your family to try, I prepared some Fennel Fritters on MyOCN Instagram MyStory. It was so fun cooking for all of you! I know not...
Cooking with Chef Sophia Manatakis
We just completed our first ever live streaming Facebook Cooking show with Chef Sophia Manatakis. For those of you who were not able to watch Chef Sophia is a classically trained French Chef from New Jersey. Sophia is Greek Orthodox Christian. She was also a recent contest (and very closer...
Gluten-free Lenten Tapas
James W. Lillie If you want to make a special ascetic effort for Lent, you could always eat what the Prodigal Son wanted to. When he was away being prodigal, I mean. I’m not suggesting you go out and slaughter a fatted calf to help you through fifth week....
Recipe for Prosforo (Church Bread)
Ingredients: 5 cups of strong (bread) flour 3 cups (roughly) of warm water 1 teaspoon of salt Fresh brewer’s yeast, about the size of an almond (or a packet of quick yeast) A little sugar to get the yeast started. Method Dissolve the yeast in a half a cup of...
Traditional Greek Christmas Cookies
The most famous Christmas cookies in Greece are the traditional melomakarona and kourabiedes. Here we present the recipes for the most tasty way of cooking them, as a treat for friends and relatives. Happy cooking! Melomakarona (Christmas honey cookies) Ingredients: 1½ cups of oil 1½ cups of cooking fat 1...
The Pascha Basket
When I was a child, growing up in a secular home in Toronto, Ontario, I loved my Easter basket. It held that plastic fake grass in the pastel colours, and while my parents never indulged in the “Easter egg hunt” that’s such a solid tradition in the rest of the...
