The Greek meze table — the array of small preparations that precede or constitute a meal — is both one of the oldest organised food traditions in Europe and the model for what the Western world understands as "appetisers." The word meze entered Greek from Turkish (meze — from Persian, which entered through the same channel as the Levantine tradition) but the specific Greek approach to the small dish tradition is distinct from its Ottoman and Levantine counterparts.
The Greek meze tradition — its defining preparations and principles.
GREEK/MEDITERRANEAN DEEP + CENTRAL ASIAN COOKING