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Facts About Greek Food:

• Ancient greeks used honey instead of sugar because it was not availanle to them. This is why many of our dishes use honey or syrup!
• Although our items seem like sweets, the Greeks refer to them as sweets because they are not generally eaten after a meal.
• Often these desserts are eaten in the middle of the day along with coffee and iced water.
• Nuts are abundant in Greece, so they are used in many traditional greek dishes! We use fresh nuts in almost all of our desserts!
• Greek sweets don't normally contain the saturated fats, processed sugars or high fructose corn syrups that American foods do. They taste great, but are healthier!
• Traditional Greek people eat four meals a day! The four meals are: a small breakfast consiting of a beverage and sweet bread/pastry, then a mid-morning snack, a big multicourse meal around 2.pm, and then a late evening meal.
• Greek meals often use lots of fish, because many Greek people live near the ocean.
• Although filo dough is used in many Greek pastries, it is also used in other savory dishes such as spanakopita.