Salt Lake Greek Festival 2015

This weekend was the 40th anniversary of the Salt Lake Greek Festival; this is the fourth year in a row my husband and I have attended. We primarily go to the food but the festival features dancing from various Greek troupes; tours of Holy Trinity Cathedral and performances from the cathedral choir; and the Hellenic Cultural Museum of Salt Lake City.

This year we happened to go between dancing sets, so we didn't stay as long; we also didn't go on a tour of the church or listen to a choral performance. (And it's been a few years since we went to the Hellenic Cultural Museum.)

We noticed a few changes this year: There were fewer vendors - we remembered that last year, there were also many fewer than in previous years; for the second year in a row, we didn't see any art for sale. This year, for the first time, we didn't see the cooking demo stand set up. And the tchotchke shop - where we scored some feta and Greek coffee - had many fewer items than last year. There were also fewer food stands outside the food line; the sausage-and-fries stand had sold out, and there was no second gyro stand. Since both this year and last we went on a Sunday, we weren't sure if our timing had something to do with these differences.

But still - Greek food!

I did not eat all of this in one sitting: pilafi, spanakopita,
souvlaki, gyro, and calamari.

Some of the desserts we took home galaktoboureko,
galatopita, poutika, and a macaroon.

If we could have bought all the baklava,
we would have. We also brought home a
bag of koulourakia and some baklava cake.

We also took some loukoumades home.