Four years ago, I traded in the Midwest for sunny Athens. My wedding there last summer inspired me to learn more about my own cultural traditions, many of which didn’t come on the cross-Atlantic trip with my family when they emigrated. One day, I stumbled across the picture of an elaborately decorated loaf of bread at a Greek church ceremony. That photo was my first introduction to the embroidered breads of Greece. These loaves are often called ploumisto psomi or kentito psomi, meaning “colorful” or “embroidered” in Greek. Each loaf…
