1. I begin with two anecdotes. a) When my friend Stavroula Markoulaki, archaeologist and president of the Historical, Folklore and Archaeological Society of Crete, ate a piece of fresh xinohondros during the Saturday branch of the 1 st Symposium of…
FOOD & MEMORY
1. I begin with two anecdotes. a) When my friend Stavroula Markoulaki, archaeologist and president of the Historical, Folklore and Archaeological Society of Crete, ate a piece of fresh xinohondros during the Saturday branch of the 1 st Symposium of…
AFTER THE 1st SYMPOSIUM OF GREEK GASTRONOMY
It is more than three weeks that the 1st of the Symposia on Greek Gastronomy is over but since I can say that it went very well, I wanted to share some thoughts on it … Speakers were the most…
1st SYMPOSIUM OF GREEK GASTRONOMY: THE PROGRAMME
CRETAN CUISINE: HISTORY, EVOLUTION, QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (?) July 16-17, 2011, Karanou (Municipality of Platanias, Chania/Crete) Saturday, July 16 8:30 Registration 9.30 Welcome messages from Ioannis Malandrakis, Mayor of Platatanias, and the organizers Mariana Kavroulaki & Stavroula Markoulaki, president of…
My favorite melopita (apple pie)…
…is actually a tart, very popular in urban areas of Chania (Crete) during the 1980’s. It was never called a tart, though. At that time there have been two major waves of foreign influence in Greek food: the French and…