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Monthly Archives: May 2012

A wise cook and a traditional recipe Mrs. Ioanna Perraki is the grandmother of my good friend Ioanna (she is named after her grandmother, as we traditionally do in Greece) and one of the best cooks of Marpissa. Actually, I could say the same thing about her daughter Georgia Fysilani; her recipes are amazing! The […]

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Revealing the beauty of Ballos beach   The light at Ballos beach is almost spiritual. It creates a filter that makes the landscape look like a floating lace. It transforms the sea into a mirror; reflecting the sunlight in such a way that if you look at it for a while you have the impression […]

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Tomato, capers and xinomizithra=summer …at least for me, even when I ’m eating this classic Aegean combination in the heart of December! As the temperature in the islands is going up gradually, I decided to compose my personal Ode to Summer, by having a tomato, capers and xinomizithra brunch at the balcony. I try to […]

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A life experience to remember As I grew up listening to my father’ s and my grandfather’ s nautical stories, I learned a lot about by the culture of seamen. As a designer, I had always been fascinated by the depicted visual language that emerges around this special tribe of superstitious and brave, organized and […]

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