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Cooking with Yiayia : Traditional Greek Phyllo

traditional greek phyllo dough golden brown pie from the oven

Phyllo, or filo, is a dough, used in the Greek kitchen to create the most delicious sweet and savory pitas, the Greek pies. There is nothing more tasty than a pie with traditional Greek phyllo. However, the dough is not easy to make. It requires both time and skill, but the taste in the endContinue reading “Cooking with Yiayia : Traditional Greek Phyllo”

How to cook like a Greek yiayia, grandmother?

Greek cooking. Yiayia, grandmother, makes filo dough with her hands in kitchen

I finally attended cooking classes with yiayia, my boyfriend’s grandmother. Her generation of Greek women cooks the most delicious meals. Tasty and seasonal, with local products gathered from friends and family who live close by. And one of the goals I had set for this year was to learn how to cook like her. EnteringContinue reading “How to cook like a Greek yiayia, grandmother?”