Greece
Signature Dish: Moussaka (Layered Eggplant and Meat Casserole)
Moussaka and pastitsio are 20th-century creations shaped by French cuisine, representing Greece's 'refined' urban food. They blend Ottoman/Middle Eastern traditions with French techniques (béchamel). Soutzoukakia represent Asia Minor refugee dishes after 1922. Together, these dishes show Greece's culinary synthesis of local, Ottoman, and French influences.