Today the symbol may seem as American as, well, Thanksgiving—but it didn’t start out that way.Baby Zeus’s Big BreakIn Greek ...

and Bulgarians of today who introduce the dessert as their national dessert, were all part of the Ottoman Empire at one time.

Greek Placenta cake, also known as "plakous" in Greek, has a history dating back to ancient Greece and Rome. It ...

Symiah recently graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University with a B.A. in strategic communication. If there’s one dessert we will always put on a pedestal, it’s Grandma’s banana pudding. With ...

Pasteli (παστέλι) the ancient Greek dessert, has very few ingredients, but it has a great deal of history behind it. A very ancient sweet indeed, it is a symbol of fertility and love; its recipe is ...

The ancient Greek polis, or city-state, was a resilient and adaptable political institution founded on the principles of citizenship, freedom, and equality. Emerging around 650 BCE and lasting until ...

Eventually, nine muses were identified, covering every branch of the arts, in the ancient Greek poet Hesiod’s introduction to Theogony, his epic poem about mythical stories and characters (circa ...

It was considered a good source of energy, eaten by Olympic athletes before competition, and also made regular appearances as a dessert at Ancient Greek weddings. Cheesecake remained a staple in the ...

ANSWER: It’s called a “Baking Night” that includes proud parishioners at Church of the Annunciation on Oaklawn Avenue who on just one night perform a number of required steps to make items like ...