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Meropi Kyriacou Honored as TNH Educator of the Year
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
Thomas Fado can count on his Greek mother to make the sauces, yogurts, tzatziki, salads and drinks at his Petrino’s Greek Restaurant in La Mesa, California but he’s got influences from an Iraqi father too.
His father came from Baghdad, his mother from Kalamata on the Peloponnese, home to perhaps the world’s best olives, and he’s incorporated a decidedly Greek traditional menu into his offerings – with twists, said SD News.
“All of our recipes have been passed down from my mother’s parents. My mother is an old-fashioned cook and wants to make everything from scratch,” Fado said.
There are Mediterranean favorites on the menu such as shawarma, gyros, dolmades (stuffed grape leaves), kabobs and falafel. They also offer a variety of sandwiches such as a chicken cream chop (marinated and breaded chicken) or a chicken shawarma.
“We try to cater to a variety of tastes,” Fado continued. “The younger people like a lot of sauces with heat and a zing and older people prefer that their food has enough flavor to not need sauces.” It offers an Opa Sauce that’s hot while you’re eating but fades when you’re done.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was prepared for the worst.
ATHENS - The tragedy of the Tempi train collision is a much greater issue than an opportunity for parties to table a motion of censure against the government, but the opposition parties used it anyway "to turn society's pain into a tool to strike at the government and me personally," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday night in parliament.
ATHENS - PASOK-KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis, speaking at the Hellenic Parliament on Thursday, emphasized that there is "an established belief among the Greek people" that the government "operates as a well-oiled machine of corruption, cover-up, and propaganda.
ATHENS — Greece’s center-right government survived a motion of no-confidence late Thursday that was brought by opposition parties over its handling of the country’s deadliest rail disaster a year ago.
ASTORIA – Greek Minister of the Interior Niki Kerameus offered an informative presentation on postal voting in the upcoming European Union elections for Greek citizens in a well-attended event held at the St.