Pronounced pas-TEET-see-o. It's a pasta and ground meat dish held together with a bechemel cream sauce. It's very Greek and it's very good. And for some reason my protagonist's mother keeps stuffing it down my main character's throat. Funny when a thread develops a life of its own like that. When I realized it was happening I had to sit back and laugh. I have no idea why it became so important, but it did. It's a good thing I happen to adore pastitsio. In fact, I had some just last night at Mykonos Taverna as they celebrated their one year anniversary. OPA!
