Greece
Christopsomo
Χριστόψωμο
Greek Christmas bread, a sweet, spiced loaf with walnuts and a cross on top, a Christmas tradition. A festive, aromatic bread, a national treat, served with honey or cheese, a winter staple.
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Greece
Eftazymo
Επτάζυμο
A Lenten bread from Kalymnos kneaded seven times and left to rise seven hours (hence "seven-times"), dense, faintly sweet, dotted with sesame.
Greece
Elenia
Ελένια
A Cretan Christmas bread of sweet enriched dough rolled into ropes and coiled, glazed with sesame and honey, baked only in the weeks before the feast.
Thessaloniki, Greece
Koulouri
Κουλούρι
Greek sesame bread ring, a breakfast street food sold from carts, especially in Thessaloniki. Crispy outside and soft inside, a daily snack with coffee, a national staple.
Crete, Greece
Paximadi
Παξιμάδι
Greek twice-baked hard bread or rusk, from barley or wheat, a dry and long-lasting staple. Used for dakos and salads, a Cretan and island specialty, a rustic and ancient bread, a healthy base.
Greece
Stafidopsomo
Σταφιδόψωμο
Sweet raisin bread.
Greece
Tsoureki
Τσουρέκι
Greek sweet braided bread, soft and fluffy, scented with mahlepi and mastiha, a Easter tradition. A national sweet bread, often with a red egg, a festive and aromatic treat, a spring staple.
Greece
Vasilopita
Βασιλόπιτα
Greek New Year's cake: a sweet, orange-scented cake or bread with a hidden coin (flouri). Cut on January 1, blessing the year, a national tradition, festive and sweet, a family ritual.