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Main articles: Ancient Greek cuisine and Byzantine cuisine

Fresh fish, one of the favourite dishes of the Greeks, platter with red figures, c. 350325 BC, Louvre popcorn poppers

Greek cuisine has a long tradition and its flavours change with the season and its geography. Greek cookery, historically a forerunner of Western cuisine, spread its culinary influence - via ancient Rome - throughout Europe and beyond. It has influences from the different people's cuisine the Greeks have interacted with over the centuries, as evidenced by several types of sweets and cooked foods. hobart mixer

It was Archestratos in 330 B.C. who wrote the first cookbook in history. Greece has a culinary tradition of some 4,000 years . Ancient Greek cuisine was characterized by its frugality and was founded on the "Mediterranean triad": wheat, olive oil, and wine, with meat being rarely eaten and fish being more common. This trend in Greek diet continued in Roman and Ottoman times and changed only fairly recently when technological progress has made meat more available. Wine and olive oil have always been a central part of it and the spread of grapes and olive trees in the Mediterranean and further afield is not uncorrelated with Greek colonization. meat slicer

The Byzantine cuisine was similar to the classical cuisine including however new ingredients that were not available before, like caviar, nutmeg and lemons, with fish continuing to be an integral part of the diet. Culinary advice was influenced by the theory of humors, first put forth by the ancient Greek doctor Claudius Aelius Galenus. Byzantine cuisine benefited from Constantinople position as a global hub of the spice trade.

Overview

Olives

Dried oregano for culinary use.

The most characteristic and ancient element of Greek cuisine is olive oil, which is frequently used in the dishes of the Greek cuisine. It is produced from the olive trees prominent throughout the region, and adds to the distinctive taste of Greek food. The basic grain in Greece is wheat, though barley is also grown. Important vegetables include tomato, aubergine (eggplant), potato, green beans, okra, green peppers, and onions. Honey in Greece is mainly honey from the nectar of fruit trees and citrus trees: lemon, orange, bigarade (bitter orange) trees, thyme honey, and pine honey from conifer trees. Mastic (aromatic, ivory coloured resin) is grown on the Aegean island of Chios.

Greek cuisine uses some flavorings more often than other Mediterranean cuisines do, namely: oregano, mint, garlic, onion, dill and bay laurel leaves. Other common herbs and spices include basil, thyme and fennel seed. Persillade is also used as a garnish on some dishes. Many Greek recipes, especially in the northern parts of the country, use "sweet" spices in combination with meat, for example cinnamon and cloves in stews.

The climate and terrain has tended to favour the breeding of goats and sheep over cattle, and thus beef dishes are uncommon. Fish dishes are common in coastal regions and on the islands. A great variety of cheese types are used in Greek cuisine, including Feta, Kasseri, Kefalotyri, Graviera, Anthotyros, Manouri, Metsovone and Mizithra.

Too much refinement is generally considered to be against the hearty spirit of the Greek cuisine, though recent trends among Greek culinary circles tend to favour a somewhat more refined approach.

Dining out is common in Greece, and has been for quite some time. The Taverna and Estiatorio are widespread, serving traditional Greek home cooking at affordable prices to both locals and tourists.

Recently, fast-food has also become more popular in Greece and Europe, with local chains such as Goody's springing up. Although fast food is gaining popularity and many major fast-food chains have opened all over Greece, the Greek people still rely primarily on the rich and extensive dishes of the Greek cuisine. In addition, some traditional Greek foods, especially souvlaki, gyros, pitas such as tiropita and spanakopita (respectively, cheese and spinach pie) are often served in fast food style.

Origins

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Pastitsio, an influence by the Italian (Venetian) cuisine

Moussaka

Greece has an ancient culinary tradition dating back several millennia, and over the centuries Greek cuisine has evolved and absorbed numerous influences and influenced many cuisines itself.

Some dishes can be traced back to ancient Greece: lentil soup, retsina (white or ros wine flavored with pine resin) and pasteli (candy bar with sesame seeds baked with honey); some to the Hellenistic and Roman periods: loukaniko (dried pork sausage); and Byzantium: feta cheese, avgotaraho (cured fish roe) and paximadi (traditional hard bread baked from corn, barley and rye). There are also many ancient and Byzantine dishes which are no longer consumed: porridge as the main staple, fish sauce, and salt water mixed into wine.

Many dishes are part of the larger tradition of Ottoman cuisine and their names reveal Arabic, Persian or Turkish roots: moussaka, tzatziki, yuvarlakia, keftethes, boureki, and so on. Many dishes' names probably entered the Greek vocabulary during Ottoman times, or earlier in contact with the Persians and the Arabs. Some dishes may be pre-Ottoman, only taking Turkish names later; Ash and Dalby, for example, speculate that grape-leaf dolmathes were made by the early Byzantine period.

A few dishes are influenced by Venetian (Italian) and French cuisines, such as pastitsio, makaronia me kima, (pasta with meat) found mostly in Greece and Anatolia and Asia Minor and regions of that influence.

Legend has it that Klephtico (or Kleftiko), which is slowly cooked lamb (or other meat), can be translated as 'stolen meat'. The Klephts, not having flocks of their own, would steal lambs or goats and cook the meat in a sealed pit to avoid the smoke being seen.

Regions

Distinct from the main stream regional cuisines are:

Kritiki

Ionian islands

Macedonitiki

Politiki, from the tradition of the Greeks of Konstantinoupoli / Istanbul

Pontiaki, found anywhere there are Pontioi (Greek immigrants from Black Sea , from the 1924 exchange of populations)

Typical dishes

Greek cuisine is very diverse and although there are many common characteristics amongst the culinary traditions of different regions within the country, there are also many differences, making it difficult to present a full list of representative dishes. For example, the vegetarian dish " Haniotiko Mpoureki" (oven baked slices of potatoes with zucchini, myzithra cheese and mint) is a typical dish in western Crete, in the region of Chania. A family in Chania may consume this dish 1-2 times per week in the summer season. However, it is not cooked in any other region of Greece.

The list will present some of the most representative Greek dishes that can be found throughout the country and the most famous of the local ones:

Appetizers

Pikilia, Meze.

A simple Greek meze: Feta cheese and olives

Taramosalata

Meze is a collective name for a variety of small dishes, typically served with wines or anise-flavored liqueurs as ouzo or homemade tsipouro. Orektika is the formal name for appetizers and is often used as a reference to eating a first course of a cuisine other than Greek cuisine. Dips are served with bread loaf or pita bread. In some regions, dried bread (paximadhi) is softened in water.

Boureki: individually vegetable and meat fillings wrapped in phyllo pastry or dough.

Deep Fried vegetables "tiganita" (courgettes, aubergines, peppers or mushrooms).

Dolmades: grapevine leaves stuffed with rice and vegetables, meat is also often included.

Fava: Yellow split pea puree or other bean purees; sometimes made of fava beans (called in Greek)

Greek Salad: The so-called Greek Salad is known in Greece as Village/Country Salad (Horiatiki), essentially a tomato salad with cucumber, red onion, feta cheese, and kalamata olives, dressed with olive oil [in Cyprus it contains also cracked wheat (bulgur), spring onions instead of red onions and lemon juice].

Horta: wild or cultivated greens, steamed or blanched and made into salad, simply dressed with lemon juice and olive oil. They can be eaten as a light meal with potatoes (especially during Lent, in lieu of fish or meat).

Kolokythoanthoi: zucchini flowers stuffed with rice or cheese and herbs.

Koukkia: fava beans.

Lachanosalata: Cabbage Salad. Very finely shredded cabbage with salt, olive oil, lemon juice/vinegar dressing.

Marides tiganites: Deep-fried whitebait, usually served with lemon wedges.

Melitzanosalata: aubergine (eggplant) salad.

Pantzarosalata: beetroot salad with olive oil and vinegar.

Patata salata: Potato salad with olive oil, finely sliced onions, lemon juice or vinegar.

Saganaki: fried cheese; the word "saganaki" means a small cooking pan, is used to say "fried" and can be applied to many other foods.

Skordalia: thick garlic and potato puree, usually accompanies deep fried fish/cod [bakaliaro me skordo, i.e. fried battered cod with garlic dip, being a very popular dish].

Spanakopita: spinach, feta cheese (sometimes in combination with ricotta cheese), onions or spring onions, egg and seasoning wrapped in phyllo pastry.

Taramosalata: fish roe mixed with boiled potatoes or moistened breadcrumbs, olive oil and lemon juice.

Tzatziki: yoghurt with cucumber and garlic puree, used as a dip.

Tyropita: cheese (usually feta) wrapped in phyllo pastry.

Many other food items also are wrapped in phyllo pastry, either in bite-size triangles or in large sheets: kotopita (chicken), spanakotyropita (spinach and cheese), hortopita (greens), kreatopita (meat pie, using minced meat), etc.

Soups

Avgolemono 'egg-lemon' soup: chicken or other meat, vegetable, or fish broth thickened with eggs, lemon juice, and rice.

Bourou-Bourou, a vegetable & pasta soup from the island of Corfu.

Fakes, is a lentil soup and one of the famous everyday Greek soups, usually served with vinegar and feta cheese.

Fasolada, a bean soup defined in many cookery books as the traditional Greek dish, sometimes even called "the "national food of the Greeks". It is made of beans, tomatoes, carrot, celery and a lot of olive oil.

Magiritsa, is the traditional Easter soup made with lamb offal and thickened with avgolemono.

Patsas, a tripe soup.

Psarosoupa or 'fish soup' can be cooked with a variety of fish types, and several kinds of vegetables (carrots, parsley, celery, potatoes, onion), several varieties include the classic kakavia which is drizzled with olive oil.

Revithia, a chickpea soup.

Trahana soup, a mixture of fermented grain and yogurt . hafl cup of olive oil

Vegetarian main dishes

Very popular during fasting periods, such as the Great Lent:

Aginares A La Polita: artichokes with olive oil.

Arakas Me Aginares: fresh peas with artichokes in the oven.

Bamies: okra with tomato sauce (sometimes with potatoes and/or chicken/lamb).

Brim: an oven-baked ratatouille of summer vegetables based on sliced potatoes and zucchini in olive oil. Usually includes eggplant, tomatoes, onions, and ample aromatic herbs and seasonings.

Domatokeftedhes: tomato fritters with mint, fried in olive oil and typically served with fava (split pea paste). Mainly a Cycladic Island dish.

Fasolakia freska: fresh green beans stewed with potatoes, zucchini and tomato sauce.

Gigantes: baked beans with tomato sauce and various herbs. Often made spicy with various peppers.

Horta (greens) already mentioned in the Appetizers section, are quite often consumed as a light main meal, with boiled potatoes and bread.

Kinteata, dish from boiled young nettles.

Lachanorizo () (Cabbage with rice)

Prassorizo () (Leeks with rice)

Lachanodolmades: Cabbage rolls, stuffed with rice and sometimes meat, spiced with various herbs and served with avgolemono sauce or simmered in a light tomato broth.

Spanakorizo: Spinach and rice stew cooked in lemon and olive oil sauce.

Yemista: Baked stuffed vegetables. Usually tomatoes, peppers, or other vegetables hollowed out and baked with a rice and herb filling.

Meat dishes

Stifado with fried potatoes and salad

Souvlaki plate

Oven-baked lamb with potatoes ( ). One of the most common "Sunday" dishes. There are many variations with additional ingredients.

Bekri Meze: 'drunkard's snack', diced beef or pork marinated in wine, cloves, cinnamon, bay leaves, olive oil and cooked slowly.

Giouvetsi: lamb or veal baked in a clay pot with Kritharaki (orzo) and tomatoes.

Yiouvarlakia: meatballs with egg-lemon sauce, usually served over white rice.

Padakia: Grilled lamb chops with lemon, oregano, salt and pepper.

Chtapodi sti Skhara: Grilled octopus in vinegar, oil and oregano. Accompanied by Ouzo.

Gyros: meat roasted on a vertically turning spit and served with sauce (often tzatziki) and garnishes (tomato, onions) on pita bread; a popular fast food.

Kleftiko: literally meaning "of the Klephts", this is lamb slow-baked on the bone, first marinated in garlic and lemon juice, originally cooked in a pit oven.

Keftedes: fried meatballs with oregano and mint.

Kotopoulo pilafi, a chicken and white rice dish, mostly popular on the island of Crete. The gamoplafo ("wedding pilaf") variety is a prized version served at wedding feasts.

Moussaka: eggplant casserole. There are other variations besides eggplant, such as zucchini or rice, but the eggplant version melitzanes moussaka is most popular.

Pastitsio: a baked pasta dish with a filling of ground meat and a Bechamel sauce top.

Pork with celery (hirino me selino/hirino selinato).

Soutzoukakia Smyrneika (Smyrna meatballs): large meatballs with cumin, cinnamon and garlic and served in a tomato sauce. Often served with rice or mashed potatoes.

Souvlaki: (lit: 'skewer') Anything grilled on a skewer (lamb, chicken, pork, swordfish, shrimp). Most common is lamb, pork or chicken, often marinated in oil, salt, pepper, oregano and lemon.

Spetsofai: a stew of country sausage, green and red mild peppers, onions and wine. Originates from Mt. Pelion.

Stifado: game (rabbit, hare, venison etc.) stew with pearl onions, vinegar, red wine and cinnamon. Beef can be substituted for game.

Desserts and sweets

Kourabiedes

Melomakarona; Christmas small honey cakes

Baklava, phyllo pastry layers filled with nuts and drenched in syrup.

Diples, a Christmas and wedding delicacy, made of thin, sheet-like dough which is cut in large squares and dipped in a swirling fashion in a pot of hot olive oil for a few seconds. As the dough fries, it stiffens into a helical tube; it is then removed immediately and sprinkled with honey and crushed walnuts.

Galaktoboureko, custard between layers of phyllo. The name derives from the Greek "ghala", meaning milk, and from the Turkish brek, meaning filled, thus meaning "filled with milk."

Halvadopites A nougat of sesame with almonds in a thin crust.

Karidopita, a walnut cake.

Koulourakia, butter or olive-oil cookies.

Kourabiedes, Christmas cookies made by kneading flour, butter and crushed roasted almonds, then generously dusted with powdered sugar.

Loukoumades, similar to donuts, loukoumades are essentially fried balls of dough drenched in honey and sprinkled with cinnamon.

Melomakarona, "honey macaroons", Christmas cookies soaked in a syrup of diluted honey (meli in Greek, thus melomakarona), then sprinkled with crushed walnuts.

Moustalevria, a flour and grape must pudding.

Moustokouloura, cookies of flour kneaded with fresh grape must instead of water.

Rizogalo 'rice-milk' is rice pudding.

Loukoumi is a confection made from starch and sugar, essentially similar to the Turkish delight. A variation from Serres is called Akanes.

Milopita me Pandespani, apple pie with cinnamon and powdered sugar.

Spoon sweets ( ) of various fruits, ripe or unripe, or green unripe nuts. Spoon sweets are essentially made the same way as marmalade, except that the fruit are boiled whole or in large chunks.

Tsoureki, a traditional Christmas and Easter sweet bread also known as 'Lambropsomo' (Easter bread), flavored with "mahlepi", the intensely aromatic extract of the stone of the St. Lucie Cherry.

Vasilopita, Saint Basil's cake or King's cake, traditional for New Year's Day. Vasilopites are baked with a coin inside, and whoever gets the coin in their slice are considered blessed with good luck for the whole year.

Yogurt with honey or spoon sweet syrup.

Cheese

Anthotyros

There is a wide variety of cheeses made in various regions across Greece. The vast majority of them remain unknown outside the Greek borders due to the lack of knowledge and the highly localized distinctive features. Many artisanal hand made cheeses, both common varieties and local specialties, are produced by small family farms throughout Greece and offer distinct flavors atypical of the mass produced varieties found commercially in Greece and abroad. A good list of some of the varieties of cheese produced and consumed in Greece can be found in the List of cheeses article, under the name of the country. Here are some of the more popular throughout Greece:

Feta

Kasseri

Kefalotyri

Graviera

Kefalograviera

Formaela

Myzithra

Anthotyros

Manouri

Metsovone

Drinks

Greek frapp coffee

A bottle of ouzo

Greek frapp coffee a foam-covered drink derived from spray-dried instant coffee that is consumed cold.

Greek coffee, made by boiling finely ground coffee beans, and is served thick and strong, and often sweetened. It is always unfiltered, with the coffee sediment at the bottom of the cup.

Wine is the most common drink in Greece. Legend claims that wine was invented on the island of Icaria.

Beer is widely drunk; common brands include Vergina, Heineken, Amstel, Zeos, Mythos, Alfa Hellenic Lager, Fix, Henninger, and Kaiser, all of which are produced locally, some under license.

Ouzo (an 80-proof clear alcoholic beverage that is flavored with anise; it turns milky white with water or ice; the best said to be produced on the island of Lesbos).

Tsipouro or (esp. in Crete) tsikoudia/raki (Mostly home-brewed, a clear drink similar to ouzo, often with higher alcohol content, and usually not flavored with herbs. The city of Volos at the centre of Greece is well-known for its Tsipouradika (literally: tsipouro places). In Thessaly tsipouro is always flavored with anise.

Retsina (a white wine that has some pine resin added, originally as a preservative, but nowadays for the flavor; this is an Athens region specialty. It should not be aged.).

Mavrodafni Sweet, liquor-style, red wine with higher alcohol percentage than normal.

Metaxa, a brand of sweet brandy, 40% alcohol content.

Tentura, a cinnamon flavored liquor from Patras.

See also

List of Greek dishes

Greek food products

Cuisine of Cyprus

Greek Macedonian cuisine

Cuisine of the Mediterranean

References

Andrew Dalby, Siren Feasts: A History of Food and Gastronomy in Greece, London, 1996. ISBN 0-415-11620-1. (Mostly about ancient and Byzantine food.)

Tess Mallos, Greek Cookbook, New South Wales, Australia, 1979. ISBN 0-7271-0287-7.

Wikibooks has a book on the topic of

Cookbook:Cuisine of Greece

Notes

^ Spices and Seasonings:A Food Technology Handbook - Donna R. Tainter, Anthony T. Grenis, p. 223

^ Armstrong, Kate; Hellander, Paul (2006). Lonely Planet Greece. Hawthorn, Vic., Australia: Lonely Planet Publications. p. 76. ISBN 1-74059-750-8. 

^ Mallos, Tess (1979). Greek Cookbook. Dee Why West, NSW., Australia: Summit Books. p. inside cover. ISBN 0-7271-0287-7. 

^ http://www.focusmm.com/greece/gr_coumn.htm - Historical reference about Ancient Greek cuisine.

^ Renfrew, Colin (1972). The Emergence of Civilization; The Cyclades and the Aegean in the Third Millennium B.C.. Taylor & Francis. p. 280. 

^ Katz, Solomon H.; McGovern, Patrick; Fleming, Stuart James (2000). Origins and Ancient History of Wine (Food and Nutrition in History and Anthropology). New York: Routledge. p. x. ISBN 90-5699-552-9. 

^ Wilson, Nigel Guy (2006). Encyclopedia of ancient Greece. New York: Routledge. p. 27. ISBN 0-415-97334-1. 

^ Civitello, Linda (2007). Cuisine and Culture: A History of Food and People. New York: Wiley. p. 67. ISBN 0-471-74172-8. 

^ Kiple, Kenneth F. (2007). A movable feast: ten millennia of food globalization. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 95. ISBN 0-521-79353-X. 

^ greekcuisine

^ Dalby, p.190

^ John Ash, A Byzantine Journey

^ , 1998

^ Gigantes/Yiyantes (Greek Giant Baked Beans)

^ Diples (Thiples) (Honey Rolls) Greek Dessert

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Mezedhes

Meze  Boureki  Tiganites  Dolmades  Loukaniko  Fava  Fasolia Mavromatika  Garides Saganaki  Horta  Kolokythopita  Melitzanosalata  Pita  Pantzarosalata  Saganaki  Skordalia  Spanakopita  Taramosalata  Tyropita  Tzatziki

Cheeses

Anthotyros  Feta  Graviera  Kasseri  Kefalotyri  Kefalograviera  Myzithra  Manouri  Metsovone

Dishes

Agginares a la Polita  Arakas me Agginares  Avgolemono  Baked lamb with potatoes  Bamies  Briam  Domatokeftedes  Fakes  Fasolada  Fasolakia  Gemista  Gigantes  Giouvetsi  Gyros  Horta  Keftedes  Kleftiko  Kokoretsi  Kotopoulo Pilafi  Lachanodolmades  Lachanorizo  Magiritsa  Moussaka  Paidakia  Pastitsio  Patsas  Pork with celery  Prassorizo  Psarosoupa  Revithia  Soutzoukakia Smyrneika  Souvlaki  Spanakorizo  Spetsofai  Stifado  Trahanas

Desserts

Baklava  Bougatsa  Diples  Galaktoboureko  Gliko tou koutaliou  Halvas  Halvadopita  Karydopita  Koulourakia  Kourabiedes  Loukoumades  Loukoumi (Turkish/Cyprus Delight)  Melomakarona  Moustalevria  Moustokouloura  Ryzogalo  Soutzoukos  Tsoureki  Tulumba   Vasilopita  Yoghurt with honey and walnuts

Drinks

Beer  Greek_frapp_coffee  Greek coffee  Metaxa  Mavrodafni  Ouzo  Retsina  Tsipouro  Tsikoudia  Wine

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Sovereign

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States with limited

recognition

Abkhazia1  Nagorno-Karabakh  Northern Cyprus  Palestine  South Ossetia1 

Dependencies,

autonomies,

other territories

Aceh  Adjara1  Akrotiri and Dhekelia  Altai  British Indian Ocean Territory  Buryatia  Christmas Island  Cocos (Keeling) Islands  Guangxi  Hong Kong  Inner Mongolia  Iraqi Kurdistan  Khakassia  Macau  Nakhchivan  Ningxia  Papua  Sakha Republic  Tibet  Tuva  West Papua  Xinjiang 

1 Sometimes included in Europe, depending on the border definitions.  2 Officially known as Myanmar.  3 Sometimes included in Oceania, and also known as Timor-Leste.  4 Transcontinental country.  5 Commonly known as Taiwan. 

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Sovereign

states

Albania  Andorra  Armenia1  Austria  Azerbaijan1  Belarus  Belgium  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bulgaria  Croatia  Cyprus1  Czech Republic  Denmark  Estonia  Finland  France  Georgia1  Germany  Greece  Hungary  Iceland  Ireland  Italy  Kazakhstan2  Latvia  Liechtenstein  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Macedonia  Malta  Moldova  Monaco  Montenegro  Netherlands  Norway  Poland  Portugal  Romania  Russia2  San Marino  Serbia  Slovakia  Slovenia  Spain  Sweden  Switzerland  Turkey2  Ukraine  United Kingdom (England  Northern Ireland  Scotland  Wales)

States with limited

recognition

Abkhazia1  Kosovo  Nagorno-Karabakh1  Northern Cyprus1  South Ossetia1  Transnistria

Dependencies,

autonomies,

other territories

Adjara1  Adygea  Akrotiri and Dhekelia  land  Azores  Bashkortostan  Chechnya  Chuvashia  Crimea  Dagestan  Faroe Islands  Gagauzia  Gibraltar  Guernsey  Ingushetia  Jan Mayen  Jersey  Kabardino-Balkaria  Kalmykia  Karachay-Cherkessia  Republic of Karelia  Komi Republic  Madeira  Isle of Man  Mari El  Mordovia  Nakhchivan1  North Ossetia-Alania  Republika Srpska  Svalbard  Tatarstan  Udmurtia  Vojvodina

1 Partially or entirely in Asia, depending on the border definitions. 2 Transcontinental country.

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