Levantine cuisine is often difficult – nay, impossible – to distinguish from Greek cuisine. The phyllo-wrapped spinach pie alternatively called “spanakopita,” “kras” or “fatayer” is a case in point.
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Levantine cuisine is often difficult – nay, impossible – to distinguish from Greek cuisine. The phyllo-wrapped spinach pie alternatively called “spanakopita,” “kras” or “fatayer” is a case in point.
As with so many dishes from West Asia, it isn’t entirely clear where this one came from. Today, most people tend to associate this dish with Greece, but food historians are relatively certain (well, more than just guessing) that moussaka comes from the Middle East, perhaps Iraq c. 1200.