Northern boldness, Ottoman depth, café culture.
Flaky phyllo filled with spiced meat or cheese.
View RecipeThessaloniki cooks with a northern confidence that the islands don't quite have. More spice, more smoke, more history layered into every dish. The Ottoman and Byzantine past is still present — in the bougatsa shops at dawn, the koulouri carts on the waterfront, the late-night tavernas that never close.
Flaky phyllo filled with spiced meat or cheese.
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