meraki
Language: Greek · [meˈɾaci] · Pronunciation: meh-RAH-kee
Meaning
doing something with soul and full attention — love in the work
The story
In Greece you can cook with meraki or lay a table with it, and guests will claim they can tell from the doorway. It is the difference between a meal that was made and one that was merely produced. English speakers say someone put their soul into it.
The four rounds
- Which language is it from?
- Greek
- Where does it come from?
- Turkish, from the word merak
- Where would you hear it?
- A grandmother rolling filo by hand
- What does it mean?
- Putting your whole self into a task
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