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Monthly Archives: March 2012  I really don’t know why I love this picture so much…. It was taken during an afternoon walk, when Christos and I were exploring an abandoned garden – one of the so many that can be seen inside traditional island settlements. This old carved wooden door has probably been lying there on its green mattress […]  Revithia Fournou (Wood-fired oven baked chickpeas) Made by Mr. Spyros Tsigonias This is a post about the day that my uncle Spyros invited us to his house in the country, to show us how he cooks a typical and loved recipe of the Aegean islands that he masters very well: Revithia (chickpeas) baked in a […]  A story and a recipe… The 25th of March is a double celebration day in Greece. It is the anniversary of the day that the Greeks-under the motto Freedom or Death- started their revolution against the Turkish occupation in 1821, that led to their indepenence. It is also a religious celebration of the Evangelismos tis […]  One day before its restoration. When Christos e-mailed me these photos of an old canava in Oia, Santorini that was about to be restored, I couldn’t help smiling. All those spontaneous decorations, full of colors and messages, they bring an aura of distant days and ways that are over. 8 Track tapes, diaries, and advertising […]  Comfort food with a character. If you have ever stayed too long under the sun, lets say in one of the most beautiful beaches of Crete, like the Ballos beach, you know that after a while even if you close your eyes, you can still see the emerald and turquoise shades of the sky and […] |
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