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Baklava is a sweet family secret

Jim and Helen Vlachos use Jim's grandmother's recipe to make their baklava. Jim and Helen Vlachos use Jim's grandmother's recipe to make their baklava. (Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff)
By Andrew Clark
Globe Correspondent / February 13, 2008

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It's a typical weekday night for Jim and Helen Vlachos, who are making baklava from an old Greek recipe. The co-owners of Peasant Bakers use a formula from 91-year-old Eva "Yiayia" Geracoulis, Jim's grandmother. (Full article: 484 words)

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