The title is not mine but taken from an article published by Food Anthropology site. If you have not already done so, please read it here. It is about the metaphorical uses of food and the implications of the Greek financial crisis for…
GRAPE VINES
And young vines, ‘neath the shade Of shooting tendrils, tranquilly are growing. Ibycus The next few posts will be automatically published to the site as I am going to take a short break from blogging. In the…
CHRISTMAS #3. PASTRY SWADDLING CLOTHES (Τα σπάργανα του Χριστού)
Thin ribbons of fried dough or strips having the thickness of a pencil… They are crunchy but fragile and melt in the mouth. It’s quite easy to make them; you just need flour and water or orange juice and sometimes…
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…
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…