Pita of Epirus

Like the rest of Epirus, a large part of Ioannina’s local cuisine consists of scrumptious, hand-made pies known as pites. And Ioannina is known as the pita-making capital of Greece, with families passing on recipes from generation to generation. Though Epirotes throughout the area have found a way to stuff pita with just about any filling, Ioanninans have a preference for hortopita (pie filled with wild greens), tiropita (cheese pie) and the sweet pies known as galatopita (milk pie) and karidopita (walnut pie).