Stuffed grape vine leaves, or dolmades, are typically served on special occasions in Greek households because rolling them can be a long, labor-intensive process (and ten hands are better than two).

Stuffed grape leaves sound exotic -- especially if you use the Greek word dolmades (doh-MAH-dees) or the Arabic words Warq Enab (WAR-ock EE-nib) to describe them. But the leaves themselves? Not so ...