Poultry
Mar 6th, 2010 |
By Peter Minakis
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 juice. [...]
Posted in Featured, Fruit, Greek Wine, Herbs, Main, Nuts, Poultry, Recipes, Sauce, Spices |
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Feb 25th, 2010 |
By Peter Minakis
It’s time to break the monotony of the series if Lenten dishes I’ve been posting. For the record: I fast for the first week of Lent, revert back to my regular diet of meat, seafood, vegetables (all in moderation) and I’ll revert back to the Greek-Orthodox fast for Holy Week (preceding Easter on April 4th). [...]
Posted in Appetizer, Featured, Indian, Main, Poultry, Recipes, Spices |
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Feb 4th, 2010 |
By Peter Minakis
In Greece, festivities are well under way. It’s Carnival time in Greece and one of the biggest days is centered around grilled meats. The period of Carnival in Greece is called “Apokries” and today marks “Tsiknopempti”.
Tsiknopempti is a compound word that describes the smell of grilled meats and Thursday: “Tsikno-pempti”. Tavernas will have lit up [...]
Posted in Appetizer, Featured, Festive, Greek, Greek Grill, Herbs, Lemon, Main, Meat, Meze, Poultry, Recipes |
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Dec 14th, 2009 |
By Peter Minakis
This dish can be as quick or as difficult as you want it to be. For me, the toughest part about this dish was tying up the chicken breasts. I’ve always been a visual learner and this YouTube video clip shows one how to properly tie up a roast or in this case, a stuffed [...]
Posted in Cheese, Chios, Greek, Herbs, How To, Main, Meze, Nuts, Poultry, Recipe, Recipes, Rice, Sauce, Spices, Vegetables, Wine |
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Oct 16th, 2009 |
By Peter Minakis
This week, Indian food was demystified for myself. The long list of exotic ingredients had intimidated me and I was all too content to simply go out for Indian food instead.
Toronto is very multicultural and one can easily go out and dine any cuisine their heart (and belly) desires. Toronto also has a large southeast [...]
Posted in Almonds, Dairy, Indian, Main, Meat, Poultry, Recipes, Rice, Sauce, Spices |
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May 18th, 2009 |
By Peter Minakis
Last week, I was delighted to share withyou a pesto that was made of wild leeks, otherwise known as ramps. I’ve been enjoying the tub of pesto tossed with some pasta for a quick lunch, I’ve dabbled and added some crumbled Feta to make another pasta dish and today, that same pesto get’s stuffed into [...]
Posted in BBQ, Cheese, Greek, Greek Grill, Herbs, Main, Poultry, Recipes, Rice, Side, Vegetables |
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Feb 17th, 2009 |
By Peter Minakis
Don’t let the title fool you. The focus of tonight’s dish is rice. I can remember having roast chicken and rice from as early as when I was watching cartoons each morning, there was no remote TV control and children actually played in parks.
Fast forward to 2009, people communicate electronically, people are forgetting or skipping [...]
Posted in Greek, Main, Poultry, Recipes, Rice, Roasting, Side |
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Feb 13th, 2009 |
By Peter Minakis
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 [...]
Posted in Appetizer, BBQ, Condiments, Greek, Herbs, Meze, Poultry, Recipe, Spices |
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Jan 6th, 2009 |
By Peter Minakis
We’re about a week into January and I’m still eating leaner dishes, avoiding butter (mostly) and trying to be a good boy this January.
Tonight’s dish is another way to kick-up the sometimes boring chicken breast. Cut it up, marinate it, grill it and pair it with something else delicious. In this case, chicken and Halloumi [...]
Posted in Appetizer, Cheese, Cypriot, Greek, Herbs, Honey, Main, Meze, Olive Oil, Poultry, Recipe |
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Dec 29th, 2008 |
By Peter Minakis
This following post is actually about a non-visit during my recent stay in New York. Despite my having a full week to sight-see, explore, eat & drink and meet folks along the way – there just wasn’t enough time to patronize all the Greek restaurants of note.
Upon my return from New York, I’ve even received [...]
Posted in Greek, Herbs, Main, New York, Poultry, Quick, Recipe, Sauce, Wine |
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