Among all the stereotypes Greeks are saddled with, that they are particularly partial to food is perhaps the least offensive and likely the truest one yet.
So it's no surprise that the annual festival of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church draws thousands of people clamoring for hundreds of pounds of pork and chicken roasted over a 15-foot-long fire pit.
A modest parish, the church, located on Washington Avenue and Chestnut Street in Kankakee, has grown to include people of all faiths. The object of worship uniting them all? Food, lots and lots of food.
And though there is no denying the succulent meat greased with lemon and oil, the pastries are where it's at. On Thursday, the women of the church were downstairs in the basement busy baking. Prepare yourself for crispy filo dough, chopped walnuts, powdered sugar, syrup, honey and pounds of butter.
And if you take a load off at the picnic tables in the bingo tent, you'll see Andy Nicholos.
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