Kalofagas - Greek Food & Beyond

Loukoumades

Mar 19th, 2013 | By Peter Minakis

One of Greece’s best known sweets/ desserts/snacks/street foods has to be Loukoumades. I knew that offering these sweet fritters up for my guests would be [...]

Posted in Dessert, Featured, Frying, Greek, Honey, How To, Lent, Nuts, Recipe, Snacks, Spices, Syrup | 67 comments

Piroski

Feb 19th, 2013 | By Peter Minakis

There are about 11 million Greeks in today’s Greece and about another 11 million throughout the rest of the world. Greeks have long traveled beyond [...]

Posted in Dough, Featured, Flour, Frying, Greek, Herbs, How To, Lent, Meze, Olive Oil, Onions, Pontian, Potato, Snacks, Vegetarian, Yeast | 8 comments

Feta & Leek Croquettes

Dec 18th, 2012 | By Peter Minakis

A city in Europe that always caught my interest was Amsterdam. I liked that the Dutch had a historical tie to Canada from WWII, that [...]

Posted in Appetizer, Bread, Butter, Cheese, Dutch, Featured, Flour, Frying, Herbs, How To, Meze, Recipes, Snacks | 6 comments

Grilled Halloumi Sandwiches

Jun 28th, 2012 | By Peter Minakis

The frequency of my blog posts may have lessened a bit but I can assure you I’ve been cooking, keeping very busy with activities that [...]

Posted in Cheese, Cypriot, Dressing, Featured, Greek Grill, Herbs, Honey, Lemon, Olive Oil, Olives, Onions, Peppers, Pickling, Quick, Recipes, Sandwich, Snacks, Vegetarian, Vinegar | 10 comments

Halkidiki Green Olives Two-Way Meze

Apr 3rd, 2012 | By Peter Minakis

Recently, green olive from Halkidiki were finally granted Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status by the European Union (EU). A PDO product is given this [...]

Posted in Appetizer, Cheese, Featured, Greek, Halkidiki, Herbs, How To, Meze, Olive Oil, Olives, Onions, Sauce, Snacks, Spices | 8 comments

Phyllo Pies For Sale!

Mar 9th, 2012 | By Peter Minakis

This is one of the most exciting moments since this blog first began back in May of 2007. After many hours of learning the craft [...]

Posted in Baking, Butter, Cheese, Dough, Greek, Greek Traditions, Pantry, Phyllo, Snacks, Vegetarian | 28 comments

Tsaitia

Feb 13th, 2012 | By Peter Minakis

Here in Toronto, we have Greeks from all over Greece, much like other cities in the Greek diaspora. The origins of where those Greeks came [...]

Posted in Appetizer, Cheese, Dough, Featured, Flour, Frying, Greek, Herbs, How To, Laconia, Meze, Olive Oil, Phyllo, Snacks, Vegetarian | 18 comments

Sublime, Sexy Walnut-Stuffed Figs

Dec 22nd, 2011 | By Peter Minakis

Traditionally, figs get stuffed with walnuts and are laid out to be served among the array of sweet and savory bites during the Christmas season, [...]

Posted in Appetizer, Christmas, Dessert, Featured, figs, Fruit, Greek, Nuts, Snacks, Spices, Sugar, Walnuts | 15 comments

Beet & Walnut Muffins

Nov 15th, 2011 | By Peter Minakis

A couple of weeks ago I saw a recipe for a Beet & Walnut cake – one of those cakes that was probably baked in [...]

Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Dessert, Eggs, Featured, Flour, Recipes, Snacks, Sugar, Vegetarian | 9 comments

Halvas Farsalon

Oct 28th, 2011 | By Peter Minakis

Most Greeks are named after patron saints (others given ancient Greek names) and each person celebrates their “name day” on the day their namesake (patron [...]

Posted in Almonds, Butter, Dessert, Featured, Greek, How To, Snacks, Sugar, Thessaly | 11 comments