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)…
KARANOU…
This place has stolen my heart. Karanou is the village where my father was born and lived until his twelfth birthday, and where my sister and I spent a part of our childhood’s and teenagehood’s summers…. When we were free spirits…
STILL SUMMER….
Still summer…. the tomato- plants still bear gorgeous, sweet and full flavored red fruits. You can eat them plain, of course, or make a home- made sun –dried tomato paste. Choose 3 kilos vine-ripened tomatoes, cut them into pieces, sprinkle with…
SAVE THE ANCIENT OLIVE TREES OF CRETE
Minoan ideogram symbolizing the olive tree. For thousands of years, the inhabitants of Greece have cultivated the olive tree and used its products for religious, magical, medicinal and culinary purposes. Thus, it is not surprising that the olive tree is the embodiment of the Greek countryside. During last…