This little girl has grown into an eighteen years old young lady, shy, funny, smart, passionate, dreamer… She is a first year student in Archaeology at University of Volos. Being away from home for first time gives her…
CULINARY MEMORY (?)
What has happened to the traditional cooking knowledge? A few days ago, I found some photos from earlier this summer of the 10th Agricultural August – Land and Culrure Fair. The Fair took place at the Venetian harbour of Chania…
TIME FOR STORING!
Don’t you just love the smell of first rain? It was raining all night and morning yesterday. Chania saw the first rain in four months! The scents of Rosemary, Sage, Lemon Verbena, Thyme, Mint and Lavender filled the air. Autumn…
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…
A CRETAN PRE-WEDDING PARTY (Κρητικό προγαμήλιο γλέντι)
Here is what was served at a ‘before wedding’ party which was held in Karanou. The party was given by the groom’s family one week before the son got married. The wedding ceremony and the after wedding party (gr. glenti)…