Greek Food

Festival Food Preparation Schedule

Festival Committee

Folk music and dance is the essence of entertainment for the Greeks.  Think Zorba and syrtaki!  Music expresses the soul of a Greek, it’s essential to our being.  Sung to the unique sounds of the bouzouki, a mandolin-like instrument, Greek songs talk of love and betrayal, memories of a glorious past, battles and victories, about Byzantine empresses and common peasants, heroes and gods.  Passion, after all, is a main trait of every Greek!

Many women in the community start planning the event menu weeks before the festival.  It’s a tradition, and more than that, it’s a family tradition.  At any point during the week leading up to the Festival you can find three generations of the same family working together in the kitchen.  Passing down the traditions is an important part of our Festival!

You see, Greeks don’t cook just to eat.  Cooking is a ritual, a loving preparation of nourishment in order to please our family and guests.  And the food is delicious.  I mean, what would you expect from those who invented nectar and ambrosia?

It’s a great day for everybody.  Many people come for the food, of course, but next thing, you see them out there dancing. Old, young, Greek or not, it doesn’t matter, they dance and they eat and they drink.  It’s a great party!