Greek food is closely tied to the calendar. Our guide to Greek Easter food covers the Lent fast, red eggs, tsoureki and the Easter Sunday lamb, and the vasilopita recipe explains the New Year cake with a coin hidden inside.
At Christmas, Greek kitchens fill with melomakarona and kourabiedes. Easter brings tsoureki and koulourakia. For everyday life, read about the traditional Greek breakfast, and if you are buying for someone else, see how to build a Greek food gift basket.
Many of these traditions use the same pantry staples: Kalymnos thyme honey, Koroneiki extra virgin olive oil and pasteli. You can browse them all in the Greek Bounty shop, or find more ideas in our Greek desserts and baking recipes.
What is a traditional Greek breakfast? Yogurt and honey, bougatsa, koulouri, pies, eggs with tomato, bread with olive oil, coffee: how to make it at home.
Vasilopita is the Greek New Year cake with a lucky coin baked inside. An orange-scented cake recipe, the St Basil story, and how to hide the coin and cut it.
Tsoureki is the braided Greek Easter bread scented with mahlepi, mastiha and orange. A step-by-step recipe, how to get the stringy texture and how to braid it.
Greek Easter food from Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday: red eggs, tsoureki, magiritsa, spit-roast lamb, kokoretsi and the sides and sweets that go with them.
Kourabiedes are Greek almond butter cookies buried in powdered sugar for Christmas and celebrations. A melt-in-the-mouth recipe, with butter-whipping tips.
Koulourakia are twisted Greek butter cookies, glazed with egg and often topped with sesame, baked for Easter. An easy recipe, shaping tips and storage.
A Greek food gift basket works best when every item is something the person will actually use. Build it around a theme, such as breakfast, coffee, a mezze table or a cook’s pantry, and pair each item with a guide that shows how to use it. Gift basket ideas The breakfast basket The Greek coffee […]
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