St. Dimitri's Ethnic Dinner is Sunday

Taste the zip of a Feta crumble tucked into a fresh tomato. Smell the golden spanikotpita, stuffed with spinach. Take a bite of baklava from the recipe of YiaYia Maria Marros and savor the flaky layers of honey and nuts.

On Sunday September 20th at 5:00 pm the members of the Saint Dimitri of Rostov Orthodox Church will host a dinner for the community where they will serve a sampling of ethnic and Mediterranean dishes.

After every liturgy, the families at Saint Dimitri’s they have a meal together. Because of their mix of ethnic backgrounds, they usually serve traditional foods from Greece, Russia, Bulgaria, Sweden and Romania.

“We fast before we come to church, and so we’re always really hungry,” said Elizabeth Bezzerides, “and we like to visit with each other.”

The United Church of Los Alamos has volunteered to let them use their dining space in Graves Hall at 2525 Canyon Road.

Bezzerides converted to the Orthodox religion after marrying her Greek husband and learned to cook Greek food by watching her mother-in-law (and later getting a great cookbook). She will be cooking Greek macaroni meat and pasta classic dish. “Food is basic to people’s relationships,” she said.

Even the kids help. A seven year old boy will help his mom make Spanokopira, phyllo stuffed with spinach and feta cheese.

For dessert there will be baklava, Russian tea cookies, and galactoboureko, a Greek custard pie, coffee and Russian Tea .

Seating will be limited. Make your reservations today by calling 661-7466.

Suggested donations are $15.00 for adults, and $5.00 per child of 10 years or under.