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Baked lamb in a clay pot with kritharaki (a Greek pasta identical to risoni or orzo) Gyros (γύρος) Roasted and sliced meat (usually pork or chicken, rarely beef or lamb) on a turning spit, typically served with sauces like tzatziki and garnishes (tomato, onions) on pita bread (a popular fast food in Greece and Cyprus).
العربية; Azərbaycanca; বাংলা; Башҡортса; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Български
Food played an important part in the Greek mode of thought. Classicist John Wilkins notes that "in the Odyssey for example, good men are distinguished from bad and Greeks from foreigners partly in terms of how and what they ate. Herodotus identified people partly in terms of food and eating". [140]
A dietitian explains Greek yogurt's health benefits. (Getty Creative) (wilatlak villette via Getty Images) Everyone probably keeps telling you that Greek yogurt is good for you — and they're right.
Fast food became popular in the 1970s, with some chains, such as Goody's and McDonald's serving international food like hamburgers, [37] and others serving Greek foods such as souvlaki, gyros, tiropita, and spanakopita. Since 2013, Greece for its Mediterranean diet has been added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists. [38]
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Food stall displaying a variety of Pontic Greek cheeses including gais and goat cheeses. Dairy was an important part of the Pontian diet. Milk was preserved in the form of yogurt and cheese. Pontians often cooked with butter. Other dairy products were key ingredients in foods such as tan, soups, and chavitz. Yogurt was one Pontian dairy product.
The name comes from the Byzantine Greek πογάτσα (pogátsa), from the ancient Roman pānis focācius, literally "hearth bread"; cf. Italian focaccia. [5] It may have had a classical origin in the Ancient Greek/Roman placenta cake. A similar dessert is still known as placenta (Greek: πλατσέντα) on the island of Lesbos in Greece.