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Greek cuisine is the cuisine of Greece and the Greek diaspora. [1] In common with many other cuisines of the Mediterranean , it is founded on the triad of wheat , olive oil , and wine . [ 2 ] It uses vegetables , olive oil , grains, fish , and meat , including pork , poultry , veal and beef , lamb , rabbit , and goat .
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).
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]
U.S. News & World Report just rated the Mediterranean diet as the No. 1 diet for the eighth year in a row. Not only did it win best overall diet, it also won the top spot for managing diabetes ...
A Greek doctor and nutrition scientist says it is possible to eat healthy on a budget. She cooks beans a few times a week and recommends choosing small portions of meat. At home, she uses a DIY ...
Dakos (salad); Stamnagathi (cichorium) salad; Piktí (or Tsiladiá), pork charcuterie; Apáki, smoked pork (or chicken) meat; Paximadi; Kalitsounia; Stafidota, cookies with a stuffing based on raisins
I went to Greece for the first time. As a dietitian on the Mediterranean diet, there are foods I can't wait to incorporate into my diet at home.
Candied fruits can be found in Greece in specialty candy shops selling along with other related products exclusively, such as dried fruits, [163] nuts, jellies, koufeta, loukoumia, chocolate bars, sokolatakia , pralines, spoon sweets, pasteli, halva, fudge, petit four, granola, granola bars, sweet spreads, breakfast cereals, energy bar, and others.