Archive for December 2010
Dec 17th, 2010 |
By Peter Minakis 
Turkey reaches out to Greek-Orthodox minority Northern Greek winemakers to take action to ensure “Macedonia” brand only for Greek wines Travel postcard: 48 hours in Athens Exploring the Zagoria villages and Pindos mountains of Epirus The Yacht Club of Greece invites foodies to attend their monthly gastro-events, call for future dinners Greek Community of Niagara [...]
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Dec 15th, 2010 |
By Peter Minakis 
The recipes on this site arrive here by way of many avenues: recipes from my family, some from relatives, other dishes I’ve discovered while in Greece, something I’ve tried at a restaurant that’s so delicious that I have to reproduce it and sharing with you all, cookbooks/magazines, other blogs or suggestions from the many, many [...]
Posted in Appetizer, Baking, Cheese, Featured, Greek, Greek Wine, Herbs, How To, Meze, Olive Oil, Oysters, Recipes, Sauce, Seafood | 24 comments
Dec 13th, 2010 |
By Peter Minakis 
When I came back from vacation in mid-September I was already reminiscing about the places I had visited and the smells, sights and aromas at many homes and at eateries. I stayed in northern Greece and traveled to the southernmost point in Greece, the island of Crete. I also took a three day side trip [...]
Posted in Baking, Dough, Featured, Flour, Review, Talk Toronto, Turkish | 15 comments
Dec 12th, 2010 |
By Peter Minakis 
Greeks like to have an array of sweets, cookies, appetizers out for offering to the revolving door guests during the Christmas holidays. I’ve already shown you Kourabiedes and now you get to see the other standard offering, Melomakarona. I’m sure you can read the ingredients list but here are the flavour tags for this simple [...]
Posted in Baking, Christmas, Dough, Featured, Flour, Greek, Greek Traditions, Honey, How To, Nuts, Olive Oil, Sweets, Syrup | 42 comments
Dec 10th, 2010 |
By Peter Minakis 
I came up with this recipe after having an epiphany that I must once again have and enjoy the flavour combo of walnuts and figs [...]
Posted in Baking, Coffee, Cookies, Dough, Eggs, Featured, Festive, figs, Flour, Fruit, Greek, Nuts, Ouzo, Snacks, Spices | 20 comments
Dec 10th, 2010 |
By Peter Minakis 
Boutaris: winning over new fans in wine and in politics Alpine villages, jagged peaks – the villages of Zagoria, Epirus Another Greek-American diner closes its doors For Orthodox Christians, a name is more than just a name The French Institute in Athens hosts the premier of the documentary, “Call of the Mountain” on December 15th [...]
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Dec 7th, 2010 |
By Peter Minakis 
This Greek cookie is an almond shortbread cookie. Christmas time is coming and every home will certainly have Kourabiedes on offer for visiting house guests. These cookies are fantastically simple in ingredients, not too difficult and I don’t think I’ve met one person that doesn’t like them. What’s not to like about butter, roasted almonds [...]
Posted in Almonds, Baking, Christmas, Cookies, Dessert, Featured, Festive, Greek, Sweets | 57 comments
Dec 6th, 2010 |
By Peter Minakis 
The cold weather is here and last week I made three soups with the latter being this thick, rustic and very filling chickpea soup. The soup eats like a meal with maybe just some crusty bread on the side or serve a smaller serving if you wish the soup to be merely a starter. This [...]
Posted in Bacon, Cheese, Featured, Greek, Herbs, Pasta, Seafood | 22 comments
Dec 4th, 2010 |
By Peter Minakis 
Here in Toronto, we’ve experienced the first real cold days (and evenings) where one just wants to tuck in at home and read a book, watch a movie or look back at photos of warmer times…summer in Greece. I find the act of looking through summer photos by the sea, swimming, long, drawn-out meals with [...]
Posted in Appetizer, Cheese, Crete, Featured, Greek, Greek Grill, Greek Wine, Herbs, Lemon, Meze, Olive Oil, Seafood | 10 comments
Dec 4th, 2010 |
By Peter Minakis 
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Fort Worth celebrating 100th anniversary Cava in Montreal offers a taste of Greece Think Grill in Union, NJ – more than Moussaka A review of Limani Seafood Grill in Westfield, NJ Bettany Hughes, the historian and broadcaster, loves Nafplio, Argolida (Peloponnese) Faros in Stockholm, Sweden, offering more than Tzaztiki [...]
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