✦ The food of Greece included grains, figs, breads and cakes.
✦ The Greeks relished seafood and drank wine. Honey was largely used as a sweetener. Galaktoboureko Moussaka
✦ Italian and Middle Eastern cuisines have impacted the Greek food culture. Greeks mostly use olive oil for cooking.
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Moussaka made from lamb, eggplant and topped with white sauce is
famous. Fasolada is regarded as the traditional Greek dish and known as
the national food of the Greeks. It is a white bean soup that contains
tomatoes, carrots, and celery.
✦ Desserts like galaktoboureko and ravani, a golden-yellow cake are also popular among the Greeks.
✦ Greek food is an example of a healthy diet of the Mediterranean region.
