How an apple started the Trojan war and more about apples in Greek culture.
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Category: Culinary
Who loves sardines?
Between May and July every year a huge natural spectacle takes place off the coast of South Africa. The show starts at the Agulhas bank, where the warm water stream of the Indian Ocean meets …
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Kappari (capers)
About capers on Lesvos.
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Jumping rope and Fox Testicles Ice Cream
About orchids and salep, made of orchid tubers.
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Free-range snails
About snails and a Lesvorian recipe for snails with quinces.
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Water Empire
Aqueduct of Moria, Spring water and their qualities.
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Winery
About retsina and other Greek wines and their history.
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Pretty salt
About the salt pans of Lesvos, some history of salt and a recipe for sardelles pastès.
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Golden apples
About golden apples, oranges and walks around the orange groves.
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The tears of Demeter
About the autumn and its fruit.
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