Vasilopita Recipe
1 cup sliced almonds
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
6 eggs (beat whites first and put them aside)
3 ½ cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 cup milk
round stainless steel pan
Slice almonds. Beat the butter and blend with the sugar. Add egg yolks. Mix in the flour and baking powder. Warm milk and pour [...]

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Finikia - Honey dipped cookies

7 cups flour
2 tablespoons baking powder
2 cups oil
1 cup butter, melted
1 cup orange juice
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
1 ounce cognac or brandy
12 ounces honey
2 cups sugar
1-1/2 cups water
Juice of 1/2 lemon, strained
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Sift together the flour and baking powder. In a large bowl combine oil and [...]

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Today, you go to the store and buy a little container of olives. You can get them in all different shapes sizes colors, and more. You can buy them with pimentos in them or not. Many wonder how this food became such an important part of Greek culture and large part of their diet.

Ancient Greeks [...]

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Food, for the Greeks, had all sorts of religious and philosophical meaning. The ancient Greeks, never ate meat unless it had been sacrificed to a god, or had been hunted in the wild. They believed that it was wrong to kill and eat a tame, domesticated animal without sacrificing it to the gods. Even with [...]

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