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Greek Party Recipes, Picnic Recipes

Adding a Greek dish to your party or picnic menu (or creating an entire Greek menu) allows you to share the classic tastes of Greece with family and friends. Recipes and menu ideas.
Party Pita Wraps: Lesson in Photos
Using photos as a guide, learn to make pita wraps the way Greeks do it. Great for casual entertaining and gatherings.
Favorite Greek Finger Foods
Greeks love to sit around a table of small plates of delicious food, sharing the food and good company. Here are some appetizer and mezethes that require no utensils. Just grab and enjoy!
Party Pan Pies with Round Springform Pans
Pies made with phyllo dough crusts ("pites") are fabulous party foods. Learn to make them in smaller springform pans for easy eating and attractive presentation, with step by step photos.
Quick & Easy Greek Appetizer / Meze Recipes
A selection of quick and easy appetizers and mezethes to serve to unexpected guests, or when other food plans fall through. Hot and cold dishes to create a festive and welcoming atmosphere.
Quick and Easy Greek Party Platter
This party platter is colorful, includes signature Greek tastes, and is simple and easy to put together.
10 Great Greek Recipes for the Thanksgiving Table
Bring the tastes of Greece to your Thanksgiving table with one or more of these dishes that celebrate the foods of the season.
10 Greek Recipes for Mother's Day Breakfast or Brunch
Geared toward the younger cook, these fabulous Greek tastes will add something special to your family's celebration of Mom on her special day.
Cookout or Picnic Menu Featuring Burgers
This menu features grilled burgers as the main course and includes foods that double as great picnic dishes. Except for the grilling, everything can be made ahead of time and travels well for a picnic.
Dishing on the Oscars - A Greek Party
A dozen fabulous mezethes, some desserts, beverages, and an idea to set a theme for your Oscar party.
Entertaining with Ouzo
Turning your home into an authentic Greek ouzeri for an evening is easy to do. Here's what you need to know to do it in style, from the traditions of serving ouzo to suggested mezethes to recipes for cocktails containing ouzo.
Greek Menu & Recipes for New Year's
The Greek New Year is filled with almost as much tradition as Christmas, including foods and customs. Find Greek New Year's recipes and more information.
Menu for Breaking the Fast at Greek Easter
Menu and recipes for the traditional meal eaten after the midnight Service of the Resurrection that breaks the Lenten fast at Greek Orthodox Easter.
Menu for Clean Monday of Lent - Kathari Theftera
Clean Monday is the first day of the Greek Orthodox Lenten season and foods eaten on this day are traditional - and delicious. Here's a sample menu for this day of picnics and kite-flying.
Menu for Greek Orthodox Easter and Recipes
Easter Sunday is a joyous celebration that brings together family, friends, and strangers around tables of fabulous food. Take some ideas from my menu and add your own touches to create a festive meal.
Menu: Greek Brunch for Four
A zucchini omelet is the center of this light brunch for four, that can be increased exponentially as you gather friends for this most social of meals.
Menu: Spring Brunch with Artichokes
There is no more delightful way to welcome spring than with artichokes. This brunch menu features artichokes in a salad and omelet, accompanied by soup, bread, and cheese.
Quick & Easy Meatless Summer Menu for Two
Unexpected company for dinner? Impress them with this last-minute meatless dinner that includes mezethes (appetizers), grilled foods, and a dessert that can be very romantic. The menu is for two and can be increased to feed a large group.
Sample Greek Christmas Meal Menu
A sample menu for a traditional Greek Christmas meal.

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