What do they eat in... Greece by Mateus & Deborah

Some essential ingredients of the Greek breakfast are: bread and pastries, cheese, traditional yogurt, butter, milk, cold cuts and meat, honey, tahini, local marmalades, olives, eggs, traditional pies, local sweets, fresh fruits, cereals, herbal drinks, and coffee.

Traditional lunch dishes are:

Barbouni – A small fish, often eaten whole. ...

Dolmades – Stuffed grape leaves.

Gigandes – Giant baked beans.

Gyro – A dish of meat roasted on a vertical spit. ...

Horiatiki – Traditional Greek salad.

Keftedes – Meatballs cooked with herbs and onions.

Kokoretsi – Seasoned lamb intestines.

For dinner - grilled meat.

Greeks are masters of charcoal-grilled and spit-roasted meats.

Souvlaki, chunks of skewered pork, is still Greece's favourite fast food, served on chopped tomatoes and onions in pitta bread with lashings of tzatziki. Gyros, too, is popular, served in the same way.