Beverage

Mint Julep

May 29th, 2010 | By Peter Minakis
Mint Julep

I’m still enjoying the fine Spring weather we’ve been having here in the Toronto area. I’ve been sitting outdoors alot, getting some sun, tending to the herbs and working on some summer recipes. In the garden, the prolific mint bullies some other plants and something must be done. I’ve been enjoying the Mint Julep cocktail. [...]



Café Tempest: Adventures on a Small Greek Island

Jul 6th, 2009 | By Peter Minakis
Café Tempest: Adventures on a Small Greek Island

This entry will be my first “book review” other than anything I’ve written with regards to cookbooks. I was recently contacted about receiving and reviewing “Cafe”, what with my fixation on Greek food & Greece…I’m a natural, right? I of course accepted as I’m preparing for this year’s trip to Greece and I knew a [...]



Skinos on the Rocks

Apr 24th, 2009 | By Peter Minakis
Skinos on the Rocks

Most of you are enjoying a leisurely Easter long weekend. I do hope you’re spending time with family and friends, enjoying good food and good cheer. Today I’m going to introduce to you Skinos, a liqueur made from mastic (mastiha) gum. Mastiha is a resinous sap produced from the trunk and branches of the Mastic [...]



Thank You’s, Shout Outs and an Iced Tea

Jul 7th, 2008 | By Peter Minakis

This morning I received wonderful news that I won the Royal Foodie Joust(RFJ) with my Apricot and Pistachio cake. I would like to all of you for your comments and especially those that took the time to join www.leftoverqueen.com/forum and vote. I would also like to congratulate Marija and Anniepooh, who were the other two [...]



Greek Coffee (Ελληνικός-καφές)

Jan 23rd, 2008 | By Peter Minakis

In my last entry, I told you have I’ve cut smoking but I still have plenty of other sins such as drinking alcohol, decadent foods (and other things your dad warned you about). For about a month now I’ve been exclusively drinking Greek coffee. I’ve rediscovered Greek coffee and I’ve been enjoying making it: the [...]



Cafe Frappe

Jul 5th, 2007 | By Peter Minakis

Cafe Frappe (“ka-fay – fra-pay”) is how it’s pronounced and this beverage rivals the oft drank Greek coffee. This is the Greek version of an ice coffee, simple to make, refreshing and delicious. Play around with the flavours…add some chocolate or french vanilla syrup, top it with whipped cream. Before I lay out how to [...]



White Wine Sangria

Jun 29th, 2007 | By Peter Minakis

WARNING: Drinking this Sangria will cause you to finish the whole pitcher! Traditionally, Sangria is made with red wine but I tried this version out last summer and much to my satisfaction, I made pitchers of it to the delight of my imbibing guests. There must be hundreds of different recipes for Sangria…the Spanish can’t [...]



Weekend Herb Blogging – Lemon Verbena Mojito

Jun 15th, 2007 | By Peter Minakis

This is my 2nd entry into the Weekend Herb Blogging and from last week’s entries…it’s quite the parade of tasty food! This week’s hostess is Rachel from Rachel’s Bite and I’d like to thank her in advance for putting up with all the fuss to amass and post the week’s entries. Today, I thought I [...]



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