Corn Flour
Sep 22nd, 2011 |
By Peter Minakis 
I love this garnish as it adds height to a dish, it’s easy to make and you’re damn right they taste good! The key here is to thinly slice the onions and I use my mandoline. Serve with a steak or any other meat & potatoes dish or even a big bowl for friends to [...]
Posted in Corn Flour, Frying, Garnish, How To, Onions, Recipes | 3 comments
Jul 6th, 2011 |
By Peter Minakis 
Growing up in a Greek household here in Canada (immigrant family), I remember not always having the toys other kids had, didn’t wear the trendy clothes nor did we go to Disney for vacation but (the family) always were clothed, had plenty of toys, things to occupy my time with and we went on vacations [...]
Posted in Appetizer, Cheese, Corn Flour, Epirus, Featured, Frying, Greek, Meze, Ouzo, Pantry, Potato | 19 comments
Mar 18th, 2011 |
By Peter Minakis 
This is an easy dish despite the many elements involved but when it comes to delicious food, it’s the little extras that count. We are in Lent right now and those strictly following Greek Lent should not be eating fish. I am not adhering to Lent in the strictest form but I do try and [...]
Posted in Chios, Corn Flour, Featured, Fish, Frying, Greek, Greek Wine, Herbs, Main, Mastiha, Olive Oil, Onions, Vegetables | 16 comments
Nov 11th, 2009 |
By Peter Minakis 
One of the most well-known foods in Greek cuisine is pita bread. It’s used to scoop-up dips that are usually included in the mix of mezedes (Greek appetizers). We wrap souvlaki in them, we wrap gyro in them, we use pita bread to scoop Taramosalata, Melitzanosalata, Tzatziko, Red Pepper Dip, Parsley Salad, Htipiti, Fava, Hummus. [...]
Posted in Appetizer, Bread, Corn Flour, Dips, Dough, Flour, Frying, Greek, How To, Meze | 65 comments
Apr 7th, 2009 |
By Peter Minakis 
One of my first and favourite seafood dishes that I enjoyed in my earlier vacations to Greece is calamari. In particular, fried calamari. Let’s get something off our shoulders…calamari are squid. Squid belong to the cephalapod family, which include octopus and cuttlefish. If you’re squeamish about cleaning squid, be kind and ask your fishmonger to [...]
Posted in Appetizer, Corn Flour, Flour, Frying, Greek, How To, Lent, Meze, Recipes, Seafood, Squid, Vegetarian | 63 comments
Sep 15th, 2008 |
By Peter Minakis One of the new avenues I’ve chosen to connect with friends and fellow food bloggers is through a program called Twitter. Here you can read up on what your friends and favourite bloggers are doing. If you’re on Twitter, look me up under “Kalofagas”. One such friend is Heather from Gild the Voodoolily and we’ve [...]
Posted in Corn Flour, Fruit, Greek, Herbs, Poultry, Recipe, Sauce, Spices | 4 comments
Dec 16th, 2007 |
By Peter Minakis In my previous post, you all saw my Texas chili and one must have corn bread to along with the zesty chili. The mildly sweet bread contrasts with the heat of the Tex-Mex classic. In this post, us here in the Americas can gloat for just this moment. Corn is native to the Americas and [...]
Posted in Baking, Cheese, Corn Flour, Side, Tex-Mex | 10 comments