In his lettter to Alexios Pantechnes, Ioannis Tzetzes, a 12th century Byzantine scholar, thanks him for his gifts which were spices and a living partridge, adding that he preferred slaughtered animals to alive ones, because he could not suffer seeing blood…
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…
QUIZ
Can you guess what it is? More importantly, what ingredient gives it its colour? The first person to comment to the question with the right answer will win this ingredient. ΓΙΑ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΕΔΩ
THE GIFTS OF THE GARDEN.
The quality of soil is of prime importance in growing a successful organic vegetable garden. Unfortunately, our Cretan garden has poor, heavy, tightly compacted clay soil. To improve it, we double dig it, amend it with lime, add animal manure, organic minerals and grow plants -like legumes- that add nutrients into …