Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Greek spinach pie made with layers of phyllo and a filling of seasoned spinach, onions, feta, and sometimes eggs.
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- noun A Greek dish made with pre-cooked
spinach , butter, olive oil,feta cheese,green onions ,egg and seasoning inphyllo pastry .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Anonymous, actually using wild greens to substitute for spinach in spanakopita is quite common - the dish when made with wild greens is called hortopita.
Weekend Herb Blogging #155 Round-Up Laurie Constantino 2008
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Christos Mediterranean Grill, 130 6th St. For the lighter appetite: soups, salads and pita, but also Greek foods such as spanakopita and baklava for dessert.
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My daughter and I sold spanakopita at concerts for awhile but it was very labor intensive and expensive to make.
Cassandra M. Bellantoni: Chippity Doo Da! How I Got My Daughter to the White House Selling Cookies Cassandra M. Bellantoni 2010
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And when humans are feeling bitter and downtrodden, they are much less inclined to throw a bone, or a slice of spanakopita, to a mutt like me.
Samantha Marshall: Sausage the Riot Dog Speaks Samantha Marshall 2012
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"Or you could stuff it in phyllo and have Southern spanakopita."
Why You Should Dig Turnips Charlotte Druckman 2011
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My daughter and I sold spanakopita at concerts for awhile but it was very labor intensive and expensive to make.
Cassandra M. Bellantoni: Chippity Doo Da! How I Got My Daughter to the White House Selling Cookies Cassandra M. Bellantoni 2010
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And when humans are feeling bitter and downtrodden, they are much less inclined to throw a bone, or a slice of spanakopita, to a mutt like me.
Samantha Marshall: Sausage the Riot Dog Speaks Samantha Marshall 2012
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My daughter and I sold spanakopita at concerts for awhile but it was very labor intensive and expensive to make.
Cassandra M. Bellantoni: Chippity Doo Da! How I Got My Daughter to the White House Selling Cookies Cassandra M. Bellantoni 2010
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Favorite Place (s) to Eat Lunch in Midtown: This list is a bit 9th Avenue focused: Xie Xie (on 9th btw. 45+46th) for their sweet glazed pork bun, Poseidon Bakery (on 9th Ave.btw. 44+45th) for their spanakopita and tiropita.
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My daughter and I sold spanakopita at concerts for awhile but it was very labor intensive and expensive to make.
Cassandra M. Bellantoni: Chippity Doo Da! How I Got My Daughter to the White House Selling Cookies Cassandra M. Bellantoni 2010
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