kataifi A Delicate Web of History
The moment you bite into kataifi—the crisp, hair-fine pastry wrapped around a molten core of nuts, honey, or cheese—you taste more than sugar and butter. You taste centuries of trade routes, conquests, and domestic rituals. Unlike its famous sibling, baklava, kataifi rarely takes center stage in culinary folklore, yet its gossamer strands crisscross the…