When you buy the red juicy strawberries that flood the market do not forget those who pick them. Because, the fruit that can yield more revenue than any other agricultural product is one of the lowest paid and most labor- intestive crops. To harvest the fragile strawberries, the laborers bent at…
THE EASIEST LEMON LIQUEUR
Here is the easiest way to make a lemon flavored liqueur. 1 cup lemon juice zest of one lemon making sure not to get the pith 1 cup sugar 1 cup or more cretan tsikoudia or pure alcohol or 100-proof…
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PRICKLY PEARS
Prickly pear cacti. Around here they grow almost everywhere. It is said that the first ones were planted by Venetians on Crete and on the Aegean islands. They are easy to grow… even on a stone wall nearby a minoan…
OF FAMINE & OF FEAST. AN APPLE BREAD & AN APPLE CAKE.
Until the 3rd decade of 20th century, shortages posed a continuing threat to many of the poorest areas in Greece. Things were getting worse during wars… In Graeco- Roman and Byzantine world famine was a weapon. Various theoritical works offered…