Fruit

Fresh Strawberry Gelato

Jun 7th, 2010 | By Peter Minakis
Fresh Strawberry Gelato

Today’s post marks another first for me, my attempt at gelato/ice cream. There is a difference between ice cream and gelato: ice cream contains a higher ratio of cream to milk than gelato does. Here I was thinking the reverse all these years (that gelato was the richer of the two). When they say “ice [...]



Grilled Halloumi and Orange Salad

May 9th, 2010 | By Peter Minakis
Grilled Halloumi and Orange Salad

Today is Mother’s Day and I would like to extend my best wishes to my mother, all mothers, grandmothers and mom’s to be. You rock, you make the world go round and I send this dish out to you. My love affair with Halloumi cheese continues. This slightly briny, semi-firm sheep’s milk cheese hails from [...]



Potato Salad With Blood Oranges (Πατατοσαλάτα-με-σαγκουίνια)

Mar 21st, 2010 | By Peter Minakis
Potato Salad With Blood Oranges (Πατατοσαλάτα-με-σαγκουίνια)

This salad comes to you with inspiration of the season, my visit last year to southern Greece (Laconia) and timely in that it’s also a Lent-friendly dish. Let’s examine the ingredients: a new shipment of Greek extra-virgin olive oil, just shipped from the old country and courtesy of a family friend. The early harvest of [...]



Pomegranate Glazed Chicken With Mastiha-scented Couscous

Mar 6th, 2010 | By Peter Minakis
Pomegranate Glazed Chicken With Mastiha-scented Couscous

This recipe comes courtesy of the very popular cooking show, “Everyday Food” which is produced by Martha Stewart and company. I’m going to pull a Martha by improving their “perfect recipe”. I’ve provided the link so that you can compare the differences in the approach to cooking the dish. First off, I’m using pure pomegranate [...]



Pear Croustade

Jan 26th, 2010 | By Peter Minakis
Pear Croustade

Back when my blog was in its infancy and I was still using the Blogger platform, I had participated in many blogging events and one of the more interesting events was where food bloggers would participate in a kind of “Secret Santa“. Participants would draw names from a hat and then send a small amount [...]



Loin of Pork Stuffed With Prunes

Dec 28th, 2009 | By Peter Minakis
Loin of Pork Stuffed With Prunes

How was your Christmas? Are you enjoying yourselves? Spending time with family and friends? Having some richer, more indulgent foods? An extra drink? Good, ’cause I am! The family’s Christmas dinner went splendidly. All the dishes turned out very well, we had some good chuckles and reminisced of Christmases past.  The centerpiece of our Christmas [...]



Bits & Bites With Joanne Weir

Dec 19th, 2009 | By Peter Minakis
Bits & Bites With Joanne Weir

Today’s post is a new feature for my blog…Bits & Bites. On occasion, I will feature someone, be they Greek or a Philhellene who loves Greek food. In each edition of Bits & Bites, I’ll introduce our guest, fire off ten food and drink related questions and give you the heads-up on what’s new with [...]



Poutinga (Πουτίγκα)

Oct 27th, 2009 | By Peter Minakis
Poutinga (Πουτίγκα)

Poutinga is the Greek answer to bread pudding. My take on Poutinga inspired by the Corfu (most common) version. Other versions can be found from Santorini. It used to be that regional dishes of Greece were only to be found in it’s area of origin but in this day & age, word travels fast, distances [...]



A Blush Sorbet With Pears, Rosé and Muscat

Aug 14th, 2009 | By Peter Minakis
A Blush Sorbet With Pears, Rosé and Muscat

Here in Greece, trees are planted for their shade as much as they are planted for their fruits. Here at my family’s summer home, we have a pear tree that blocks the late afternoon sun and it also provides us with more than enough pears. Want some pears? Come over….guaranteed to get a full bag! [...]



Grilled Halloumi With a Fig-Ouzo Sauce

Jun 3rd, 2009 | By Peter Minakis
Grilled Halloumi With a Fig-Ouzo Sauce

The first time I ever tasted Halloumi cheese was when friends of the family (part Cypriot) gave us some. Here in Toronto, we have a good-sized Greek community with approx. 130,000 Greeks living in the area, about fifteen churches, hundreds of associations and federations representing towns & villages from all over Greece and Cyprus and [...]



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