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• n  rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey

• After a dessert of four types of baklava of varying shapes, sweetness and fillings, I was stuffed.
• Making fun of someone's baklava may be cruel inside the Greek community, but it's not one of the cutting, hate-tinged riffs so many sitcom characters display.
• Instead of the sticky-sweet leaden pastry that many Middle Eastern joints try to pass off as baklava, the balawa bil ishta is light, flaky and subtly sweetened with crushed nuts .

News & Articles

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• Saginaw Township holds annual Greek Fest
  Plenty of baklava and gyros await attendees of this year's Greek Festival in Saginaw Township this weekend.
  June 14, 2013 - WNEM TV 5 Mid-Michigan

Quotes

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• Laila Ali in Southern California InFocus
  I only add olive oil to most of my food to make it healthier. I cook chicken, vegetables, fish and red meat. I learned not to eat a lot of rice or sugar except with the baklava and kunafah, which I can't resist. But I only take small portions,...