On New Year Day, You Must Eat Vasilopita, The Cake With A Coin
Call it a cake, loaf or pie; this item containing a hidden coin has long been associated with New Year and good luck. Vasilopita, akin to its exquisite name, has an intriguing history, folklore and legends. As the geographical limit keeps shifting, so does its name and dough keep changing. But this coin in the cake, can safely call it so, fortifies the bond between food, festivities and faiths