Roasting
Jan 23rd, 2010 |
By Peter Minakis
One of my family’s favourite Sunday meals centers around a Prime Rib Dinner. It’s not a cheap cut of meat (Prime Rib) but it’s fitting for a Sunday meal. From Medieval times, the wealthy used to get to eat the tender, more expensive cuts and the rest of us were left with scraps, offal and [...]
Posted in Beef, Braising, Featured, Greek Wine, Herbs, Main, Meat, Onions, Potato, Recipes, Roasting, Sauce, Side, Sunday Dinner, Vegetables |
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Dec 6th, 2009 |
By Peter Minakis
I made this dish last Sunday and if it weren’t for the fact that I’m making Prime Rib today, I’d probably be having this entire meal again. One of the best things about Sunday dinner is that you have lots of time. There’s no real pressure, you can leisurely cook, open a bottle of wine [...]
Posted in Cheese, Goat, Greek, Greek Wine, Herbs, Honey, Main, Meat, Olive Oil, Potato, Recipes, Roasting, Sunday Dinner, Vegetables |
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Jul 23rd, 2009 |
By Peter Minakis
In less than two weeks, I’ll be back in Greece again for my vacation. This will be my 20th time and I still get excited about going. I still have some experiences to share from last year’s trip. One of the most cherished memories has to be when I attended a traditional Greek wedding on [...]
Posted in Braising, Greek, Greek Traditions, Greek Wedding, Greek Wine, Herbs, Lamb, Meat, Olive Oil, Onions, Potato, Recipes, Roasting, Sauce, Spices |
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May 6th, 2009 |
By Peter Minakis
Although alot of Greek cuisine is simple and straight forward, the execution of entertaining with the onslaught of mezedes/appetizers to your guests can create quite the whirlwind in the kitchen. At typical evening with friends and family, one can witness dozens of meze plates being brought to the table through a long evening of eating, [...]
Posted in Appetizer, Cheese, Greek, Greek Grill, Meze, Olive Oil, Recipes, Roasting, Vegetables, Vegetarian |
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Apr 22nd, 2009 |
By Peter Minakis
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines preheat your ovens. From the time it takes you to read this article, peel some potatoes and dress them with olive oil, lemon juice and herbs, you’re going have some spuds in the oven and it less than hour, those crispy, golden-brown potatoes you love and enjoy at your [...]
Posted in Greek, Herbs, How To, Lemon, Olive Oil, Potato, Recipes, Roasting, Side, Vegetables, Vegetarian |
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Apr 22nd, 2009 |
By Peter Minakis
I’ve thought carefully on whether to post the recipes from this past Easter in clusters or individually. I’ve chosen the latter for the simple reason of keeping the clarity of recipes in the archives of the blog and to make them easier to search for. You might get a flurry of posts from me in [...]
Posted in BBQ, Easter, Festive, Greek, Herbs, How To, Lamb, Lemon, Main, Meat, Olive Oil, Recipes, Roasting |
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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 [...]
Posted in Greek, Main, Poultry, Recipes, Rice, Roasting, Side |
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Feb 12th, 2009 |
By Peter Minakis
Before I get on with this visually stimulating and most delicious dish, I must say I’m really liking the feel and look of “Kalofagas Mach II”. It’s cleaner, more organized, revolving header scheme and it’s scalab, meaning that changes, tweaks and updates to the look and function of the blog are easily applied in the [...]
Posted in Bread, Fish, Greek Wine, Herbs, Olive Oil, Portuguese, Potato, Recipes, Roasting, Sauce, Sausage, Seafood, Vegetables |
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Jan 8th, 2009 |
By Peter Minakis
My relatives can be divided into two camps: the father’s side of the family and the mother’s side. The two camps are also geographically divided with all of my dad’s side of the family residing here in Canada and save for two of my mom’s first cousins here in Canada, the rest of her family [...]
Posted in Fruit, Greek, Main, Pork, Potato, Recipe, Roasting |
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Dec 26th, 2008 |
By Peter Minakis
Another Christmas has come and gone. I hope all of you had a restful day, nothing too stressed, few family arguments, much laughter and memorable moments. I spent my day with my immediate family and we enjoyed a classic Prime Rib Roast with the usual fixins’ and some Greek touches. For as long as I [...]
Posted in Baking, Beef, Christmas, English, Main, Recipe, Roasting, Sausage, Sunday Dinner |
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