When the international demand for black raisins- the major export product of Greece- failed (1893), Greek government bought surplus raisins to produce cheap alcohol, alcoholic beverages and syrup (stafidine). Thus, raisins started to play a major role in alcoholic industry and industrial manufacturing of confectionery products. …
DO NOT DESPISE THE LOQUATS…
…They are charming, evergreen trees in the garden with juicy fruits whose delicate pear-like flavor certainly deserve our attention. The golden yellow fruits come into the Greek markets along with strawberries. The fully ripe peeled loquats are eaten fresh but Cretans also serve them along with graviera cheese and ice-cold tsikoudia,…
“REGRETFULLY WE ARE BANKRUPT”: FEAR CUISINE
“We will not allow it to be said again ‘Regretfully, we are bankrupt’. I will give, we will give our all in order to save the country,” prime minister George Papandreou said, referring to the phrase “Regretfully, we are bankrupt” with…
“A GREAT GOOD PLACE”
Community… Latin…noun… from communis, meaning fellowship, community of relationships or feelings. (The compact edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, 1971) The urban sociologist Ray Oldenburg in his Great Good Place talks about the gathering places where the members of a community hang out for…
1st OF MAY (PROTOMAYIA, ΠΡΩΤΟΜΑΓΙΑ)
May… …Persefone left the thick gloom of Hades to go up to the plains of her beloved land, blessing the earth with life. May… Zafiris,* a young boy, lies down pretending to be dead and the girls adorn him with flowers and leaves singing mourning songs. Before the last verse the…