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Bakers Create Modern Versions of Melomakarona in Thessaloniki

Confectioners and bakers in Thessaloniki have created modern and innovative versions of melomakarona, the most traditional Christmas dessert in Greece. After all, Thessaloniki is indisputably number one when it comes to Greek sweets. Using their imagination they have been offering melomakarona...

The History of Gyros, the Famous Greek Delicacy

The history of gyros, Greece's most popular fast food delicacy today, is lost in time. Recently it was named among four Greek delicacies that have made it to the top 50 foods of the world for 2022 according to TasteAtlas,...

Chestnuts: A Very Greek Wintertime Delicacy

In winter, roasted chestnut street stalls are a common sight in Greek cities. The sellers have small, portable braziers, heaps of roasted chestnuts ready to sell in paper cornets, and yet more that are still roasting. Dimitris, a twenty-year-old selling...

Greece’s Healthy Trahana Soup Will Warm You Up this Winter

Trachanas is a staple Greek recipe ready in minutes, filling, and full of vitamins. However, the process of making it actually takes months.

Quince: Greece’s “Golden Apples” Have High Nutritional Value

Ancient Greeks called quince 'the golden apple', a fruit of high nutritional value and medicinal qualities that also symbolized love

Greek Food Products Going Mainstream in the USA

Greek products are going mainstream in the USA gaining distribution and consumers way beyond the Greek American market. In major supermarkets, one can nowadays find a wide variety of Greek products such as olive oil, yogurt, feta cheese, gyros, and...

Six of the Best Greek Comfort Foods for Cold Days

Whether you are looking for a warm soup to drive away the winter chill or a hearty, oven-baked meal, Greek food has some of the best comfort dishes for cold days. Get your pen and paper ready and jot down...

The American Bringing Baklava and Flavors of Greece to Salt Lake City

Baklava and other flavors of Greece are the specialties of a black American woman who founded Sheer Ambrosia Bakery in Salt Lake City.

Eleven Greek Cheeses Win at the 2023 World Cheese Awards

The international cheese competition World Cheese Awards 2023 ended in Norway with the announcement of the final results. This year, 4,502 cheeses from forty-three countries on five continents were judged and tested by more than 260 international judges. Greece achieved...

Mussels From Greece Conquer European Markets

Mussels produced in the region of Pieria, northern Greece where 60 percent of the total production in the country is located, are making great inroads into the European markets. "In Pieria, approximately 10,500 tons of Mediterranean mussels, as the specific...

How to Prepare the Ancient Greek Sauce Garum at Home

Today's recipe for garum sauce takes us back many centuries into the past to one of the most appreciated and widely used culinary preparations of the ancients. This is the ninth in Giorgio Pintzas Monzani's series about the foods...

How Greeks Brought 50 Kinds of Pie to America

Although Greek food is known and loved around the world, one specific type of traditional food, the Greek pie, holds a special place in the country’s cuisine, as it is among the oldest, simplest, and most delicious dishes found...

The European Program that helps Greek Rice

Rice was not always a part of everyday European cuisines. It was Alexander the Great and globalization that allowed this staple to cross borders. In fact, rice might even be seen as "Alexander's greatest gift to Western civilization." Due to lack...

World Wine Production Lowest in 60 Years; Greece Suffers 45 Percent Decrease

World wine production is expected to fall to its lowest level in 60 years in 2023 and in Greece a significant decrease of 45 percent compared to 2022, the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV) has said. This is...

Thousands of Sardines Land Onshore on Greek Island

Thousands of sardines somehow lost direction and ended up trapped in the harbor of the Greek island of Koufonisia. Locals rushed to the port with fish nets to get as many as they could. The small fish seemed to have...