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Greek Easter Recipes and Menu
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.

Greek Orthodox Calendar of Holidays & Fasts
Here's an easy to follow calendar of holidays and fast days. There are four main fasting periods, and individual fast days, in the Greek Orthodox faith, and while food is allowed, it is restricted.

Dishing on the Oscars
Fabulous mezethes, desserts, and beverages to enjoy while watching the Oscars.

Menu: Kathari Theftera (Clean Monday)
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.

Reduced / Low Fat Greek Foods and Cooking
If you're lowering your intake of fats, here are some tips to bring Greek foods into your low fat diet.

How to Build a Greek Meal
Although there are certain holiday and/or regional traditions, you can pretty much throw out any preconceived ideas of menu planning.

Greek Baby Foods
New Greek parents, like new parents around the world, are very particular about the foods they give their babies and young children. While many prepared baby foods are available in the market, many make their own from scratch. Here are the basics.

Menu for a Greek Cookout
This menu features grilled burgers as the main dish 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.

A Week of Greek Menus for Spring
In spring, we start to lighten up on foods in preparation for summer (and the beach). Here's a typical week of spring menus.

Entertaining with Ouzo
Turning your home into an Ouzeri for an evening is easy to do. Here's what you need to know to do it in style, from traditional ouzo serving suggestions to cocktail recipes to suggested mezethes.

Greek Brunch for Four
Combine the tastes of eggs, zucchini, tomatoes, and feta into a brunch for four. A glass of Retsina completes the meal.