Greek food

 So, as I’ve mentioned, Drew is of Sephardic Jewish heritage.  His mother’s family came from Greece and Turkey.  Drew introduced me to Greek food long before it became popular.  Now it’s one of my favorite cuisines.

Drew’s parents moved to Florida in 1990.  The area where they lived did not have any Greek restaurants.

So every time we planned to visit… Drew would drive to Astoria - a Greek neighborhood in Queens - and buy bourrkas,  a savory pastry made with phyllo dough  - to bring with us.

I haven’t seen this pastry in any of the Greek places on Long Island.  But the other day Drew saw a review of a local kosher good store that features Mediterranean foods, including bourekas..  

Yesterday he went to that store and bought burekas.

Including 

I can’t wait to try them!

Now, if we can only find dolmadas the way his mother made them  either a neat stuffing instead of rice.  The only place he found them was in Tarpon Springs.

Opa!