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Every mom has that one meal that is usually inferior when trying to eat it elsewhere. With my mother it is her Greek spanakopita recipe. She learned how to do it from her family but changed some things to appeal to our tastes. She often uses lower fat versions but fills the pita with flavor using dill and scallions as the main seasoning. I have yet to make a version that is as good as hers, but I always try.
Since I grew up learning all the Greek cooking recipes my family had to offer, it took me a while to realize that my family cooks only a subset of what the cuisine has to offer. So I had to find the best places to go in order to find the best Greek foods possible.
I learned about Greek cooking at a young age by helping my mother and yiayia in the kitchen. I marked the seasons, days. and holidays by what we were cooking. Sweet bread at Easter, Baklava at Chrismas, Greek Avgolemono soup (Greece’s answer to chicken soup) meant it was Sunday