About an apple orchard of Aphrodite and 3 recipes: apple puree, – soup and – chutney.
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Author: Smitaki
Almost Greek Cooking in Corona Times Salads & Dressings
recipes for salads
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Almost Greek Cooking in Corona Times: Pumpkin soup
Making pumpkin soup.
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The B of olives
Harvesting olives during the second lockdown in Greece.
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October Blues
When the earth heavily shook from the earthquake whose epicenter was close to Samos, I didn’t feel a thing until a friend passed by and asked if I was afraid. We both then noticed the …
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Facemask Blues
About the use of facemasks on the island.
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Enemy or friend
About ants and their nuisance.
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The myths of Moria
(Kara Tepe 2; photo: internet) It is not for the first time that a huge camp of tents makes history in the North Aegean. More than thousands of years ago BC, in today’s Turkey, not …
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Crying September
The ninth month of the year still bears the name of the seventh month. An inheritance from Pre-Christian times, when science endlessly struggled with the months and the moon phases. Along with Greek calendars and …
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Sunglasses with a story
About ships, ship building, wooden boats and wooden sunglasses.
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