Some of the traditional dishes of Donoussa are:

• “Patatato” (meat cooked in tomato sauce and served with potatoes).
• “Kavurmas” (spiced pork braised in its own fat and juice).
• “Giaprakia” (stuffed cabbage leaves).
• Stuffed kid with rice.
• “Souvli” (cream made of wheaten flour, oil, water, salt and sugar. In the past, the local women fed their babies this cream, because it was considered to be very nutritious).
• “Hortopites” (fried pies filled with greens – chards – fennel and onion).
• “Aranista” (a sort of “trahanas”, a milk-wheat flour combination).
• “Klosta” (homemade local pasta).
• “Pitaridia” (long “hilopites” – noodles – cooked in milk).
• “Xerotigana” (fritters with honey). A wonderful dessert.