Condiments

Hickory Pork Ribs

Jun 30th, 2009 | By Peter Minakis
Hickory Pork Ribs

One of the first blog posts I wrote was on the subject of ribs. Us Canadians love ribs, we love to grill and in fact you’ll find some of my posts where I grill in the middle of winter!
I recently had friends over for a BBQ and although it was mostly a Greek feast, I [...]



Kostas Meat Market

Apr 14th, 2009 | By Peter Minakis
Kostas Meat Market

Seeing as how it is Holy Week for the Greek-Orthodox, most of us are fasting in some degree and we’re also juggling the duties of preparing for the big feast that awaits us this upcoming Sunday for Easter.
Toronto boasts of having about 120,000 Greeks in the Toronto area, over a dozen churches and our very [...]



The Cheese Boutique

Mar 9th, 2009 | By Peter Minakis
The Cheese Boutique

My blog has been trucking along since the Spring of 2007 and most of you are familiar with my travels to Greece and love of my native cuisine, Greek food.
Being a Greek who lives abroad (Diaspora), I feel lucky that my parents chose Canada as the country of choice to start a new life and [...]



Piquant Chicken Souvlaki (Πικάντικη Κοτόπουλο Σουβλάκι)

Feb 13th, 2009 | By Peter Minakis
Piquant Chicken Souvlaki (Πικάντικη Κοτόπουλο Σουβλάκι)

Be it in Greece or abroad, I’m finding more Greek restaurants offering chicken souvlaki as an alternative to the pork or lamb variety. Eating a souvlaki can be an indulgence as it’s in a red meat category, some pork fat is usually in the cut of meat and they are so damn delicious!
I’ve rarely been [...]



Homemade Hot Mustard

Jun 30th, 2007 | By Peter Minakis

Mustard is one of my favourite condiments and I’m surely not speaking of the ball park variety. I speak of zesty, grainy mustard. I love mustard for salads, dressings, sauces and a good sausauge!
Notch this entry as my contribution for this week’s Weekend Herb Blogging and it comes back home to mama, hosted by Kalyn [...]