Lentils are not only used as a staple food, but also as a design element. This is a table decorated with a lentil sprouts’ construction. Marie Claire (in Greek), July 2008, p. 229-30. Designer: Petros Mantouvalos.
GOOD MANNERS
Good manners is child of morality and social conventions. Of course they change, following the change of morals and society. During the last years of 19th century and first thirty years of 20th century, Greece faced major crises, military mobilizations,…
SIMITI or KOULOURI
Street food provides an important income and is a source of cheap and tasty food. In Greece, it made its appearance in the 6th century BC with the development of cities. Lentil soup was available in the Greek ‘agora’, however…
Cinnamon Beverage (Canelada)
Summer time and defintely time for a flavorful and refreshing nonalcoholic drink! Canelada, a cinnamon beverage (canela = cinnamon in Greek), is drunk in Crete and Aegean islands and served with lots of ice. 4 l. water 8-9 cinnamon…
Is it Tea time?
The custom of tea drinking was brought to Europe by Dutch and Portuguese traders in the 17th century and rapidly spread to Ottoman Empire. However in Ottoman occupied Greece it never became popular. Its high price, the dominance of herbal…