Trofi	Food
Alati	Salt
Alevri	Flour
Amigdalota	A macaroon type cookie, often made on the islands and served at weddings and baptisms
Arni	Lamb. Usually roasted with potatoes or on the spit.
Αstakos	Lobster. Often cooked and served with pasta.
Avgo	Eggs
Avgolemono	A warm sauce made with eggs, lemon and broth. Served with meat, in soups, with vegetables.
Arakas	Peas, usually cooked in tomato sauce
Bakaliaros	Cod, most often consuming the salted preserved cod, which was desalted and cooked with tomato sauce or fried.
Bakalavas	Pastries made with phyllo, honey and walnuts
Bamies	Okra. Cooked with tomato sauce in a stew or roasted in the oven with tomatoes and olive oil.
Bifteki	Beef patty. Usually a mixture of ground beef along with herbs, breadcrumbs and egg.
Biscoto	Cookie
Briam	A mixture of vegetables including potato, zucchini, eggplant and onion stewed or roasted in olive oil
Diples	Pastry made with dough, fried in olive oil and dipped in honey
Dolmades	Rice or meat wrapped in vine leaves, often served with avgolemono
Domata	Tomato
Domatokeftedes	Tomato patties. Patties made with tomatoes,   flour and herbs fried
Elia	Olive
Elaiolado	Olive Oil
Eksohiko	Meat cooked with peppers, tomatoes, onions and cheese in wax paper.
Fava	A puree made with fava beans which are yellow spit peas.
Fakes	Lentils, traditionally cooked in a thick soup with olive oil and served with vinegar.
Fasolakia	Green beans. They are usually cooked with tomato sauce and olive oil.
Fasolia	A general term for legumes.
Feta	Semi-soft cheese made from sheep and goat milk
Frappe	A popular iced coffee made from instant coffee
Frouta	Fruit
Gala	Milk
Galaktobouriko	A sweet made with phyllo and a custard filling
Garides	Shrimp
Gavros	Anchovies. They are either marinated in vinegar and salt or fried.
Graviera	A hard yellow and salty cheese made from sheep’s milk
Horiatiki (salata)	Translated as a village salad, in the U.S it is known as Greek salad. Made with tomatoes, cucumbers, green pepper, onion, feta and olive oil.
Hirino	Pork
Hilopites	A egg pasta usually cut in small squares.
Horta	Greens. Boiled and consumed with olive oil and lemon.
Hortopita	Savory pie made with thick phyllo dough and greens.
Htapodi	Octopus. Served grilled or marinated.
Kafes	Coffee
Kalamarakia	Calamari or squid. Often served fried as an appetizer.
Karidopita	Walnut cake. A cake made with walnuts and syrup
Kefaloturi	Hard yellow cheese made from sheep’s or goat’s milk
Keftedes	Small fried meatballs usually made from ground beef and ground pork.
Kokoretsi	Organ meats and sweetbread pieces are passed through a skewer and wrapped with the intestines (usually of lamb) then grilled in a spit or grill until crunchy. Traditionally prepared for Easter.
Kolokithakia	Zucchini
Kolokithopita	Zucchini savory pie
Kolokithokeftedes	Zucchini Patties
Kokinisto	Food made with tomato, from the word kokkino which means red.
Kotopoulo	Chicken
Koulourakia	Cookies, usually the shape of a ring or braided.
Kounoupidi	Cauliflower. Usually consumed cooked in tomato
Kourabiedes	Christmas butter cookies covered with powdered sugar.
Krasi	Wine
Ladi	May refer to any oil, but usually means olive oil
Lahanika	Vegetable
Lahano	Cabbage
Lahanodolmades	Dolmades made with cabbage
Lathero	Stewed dishes (sometimes roasted), usually vegetable based made with olive oil and tomato
Mageiritsa	A soup made from lamb offal and avgolemono (egg-lemon sauce), served traditionally on the eve of Easter.
Makaronia	Spaghetti
Melitzanes	Eggplant
Melitzanosalata	Eggplant dip
Melomakarona	Honey cookies. Cookies traditionally made for Christmas with honey, olive oil and walnuts.
Mezes	Small servings or tidbits of food to be served with a drink.
Moustokouloura	Cookies made from the must of wine.
Mousakas	Casserole made with potato, eggplant and ground beef.
Moshari	Veal
Nero	Water
Nistisimo	Foods that adhere to the Greek Orthodox Fast (nistia)
Omeleta	Omelet
Orektiko	Appetizer
Ouzo	Alcoholic drink of anise distillation
Pagoto	Ice Cream
Papoutsakia	A dish of baked eggplants stuffed with ground beef, cheese and tomato.
Paximadi	A rusk, usually referring to Cretan barley rusk.
Pasteli	A sweet made from sesame seeds and honey.
Pastitsio	A casserole made with pasta, ground beef, béchamel and tomato.
Pita	Refers to the savory pies made with phyllo dough but also to pita bread
Piperia	Peppers
Psaria	fish
Ravani	A cake made with semolina and syrup.
Revithia	Chickpeas
Rigani	Oregano
Rizi	Rice
Saganaki	Fried cheese
Salata	Salad
Saltsa	Sauce
Sardela	Sardines. Usually served grilled or cured
Siko	Fig
Skordalia	A garlic dip made with garlic, bread or potato and olive oil
Soupa	Soup
Soutzoukakia	Meat balls that are covered in spicy tomato sauce
Souvlaki	Skewers with pork meat (sometimes with chicken)
Spanakopita	Spinach pie made with phyllo and spinach and with or without feta cheese.
Spanakorizo	Dish made with spinach an rice cooked with a bit of tomato.
Stifado	Refers to a stew made with baby onions, tomatoes and spices, usually with veal but also made with rabbit or chicken.
Taramosalata	Dip made from a mixture of fish roe, bread and olive oil.
Tiiganito	Fried
Tiri	Cheese
Tiropita	Cheese savory pie usually made with feta cheese.
Trahanas	Pellet shaped pasta made with milk
Tsoureki	A sweet bread made with eggs and various spices. Similar to a brioche. Traditionally made for Easter.
Tzatziki	Dip made from yogurt, garlic, olive oil and dill.
Vasilopita	Cake made for New Years Day to celebrate Saint Basil. A coin is hidden in the cake, the person who gets the coin is believed to have good luck for the year.
Vissino	Sour cherry
Vissinada	Sour cherry drink, served often in the summer.
Vodino	Beef (cow)
Vrasto	Boiled
Yemista	Stuffed tomatoes, peppers and/or zucchini with just rice or herbs or with ground meat.
Yiaourti	Yogurt
Yiovarelakia	Beef and rice balls cooked in avgolemono sauce
Yiouvetsi	Casserole, usually a type of meat cooked with pasta
Ylyko	Sweet/dessert
Ylyko Koutaliou	Spoon sweets. Preserves of whole fruits that are served to guests on small spoon and plate.
Zahari	Sugar
Zimi	Dough
Zomos	Broth