…. your own stakovoutyro, the famous sun-kissed butter from Chania (Crete). It is not difficult if you have access to fresh milk from a goat. A mixture of fresh goat and sheep milk is also fine. Then you have to…
STRAWBERRIES HAVE THE COLOR OF BLOOD
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…
HEARTS AND BEANS
” Their heart is like an artichoke” Greeks say, describing those who are in love with love and keep a leaf for everyone in sight, like an “I love you…. and you…. and you”. Here, the phrase retains the meaning of the original French expression “avoir un coeur d´artichaut”: to easily fall…
STILL IN SEASON…
Nikolaos Xydias Typaldos (1826-1909)
LAMB’S HEAD
Greek Easter means lamb but the least physically attractive part of the animal, the head, is what is treated as unparalleled delicacy. The tradition of serving lamb head at feasts and special occasions is still a popular custom, particularly among islanders, though it often inspires disgust to several of the foreign…