"My grandmother — this must be a hundred years ago! — used to eat watermelon with feta," said the lady. "If you were in Greece," said another lady in her party, "you would never have just watermelon for breakfast." It's better, she observed, to add something salty to set against the sweet.
Previously: Someone on the culinary committee must have had fun writing up the menu. The butter cookies known as koulouria were also billed as bizcochos, and candy, as bonbonnières. Two styles of the savory hand pies called bourekas were on offer, each with a choice of fillings; one style wrapped in flaky phyllo, the other, with this heavier casing. Shown: my spinach calzonia.
Greek Jewish Festival
Outside the Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue and Museum, 280 Broome St. (Allen-Eldridge Sts.), Manhattan
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(The 2019 festival was held on May 19)
