Tsiknopempti: The day Greece is covered with smoke
“I had no idea about the tradition until a neighbor pressed two sausages in my hands once and told me to fry them because it was good.” Nadia is a 45-year-old woman from Albania who lives in our...
View ArticleGreece’s New Year tradition: Vasilopita and the secret of the Golden Coin
All over Greece, tables over the Christmas and New Year days are set with traditional food savory and sweet, mostly based on recipes going from generation to generation. There are regional preferences...
View ArticleMikis Theodorakis: The Easter Lamb tradition is a “national shame!”
Famous music composer Mikis Theodorakis made an intervention ahead of the Greek Orthodox Easter and described the tradition of roasting lamb as a ‘national shame.” In a blog post, 93-year-old...
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