Taste of Life – Essential Reflections

Carob: food for smart monkeys

Carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua) is one of the hundreds treasures of Crete. In some countries they call it St John’s

On the herbal traditions of an amazing lady Rosemary Gladstar who created Fire Cider decades ago, this one is a

My new favourite home-made magic drink: water kefir! I’ve been resistant to making it for so long (I thought it

Greeks first began pressing olives over 5,000 years ago. In this little-known small family-run olive oil factory in the village

It’s the days of olives. And the beginning of the olive season where you would hardly miss people on Crete

As soon as I finished preparing the black olives in salt (see my post Preparing eating olives: the black guys),

I was invited by dear friends Christina & Manolis to pick my own olives at their beautiful organic land near the

Let’s bring in some literature as a botanical side inspiration. From an innocent post of a photograph with figs that were

Some philosophical thoughts for today from my gardening time. About 3 months ago I thought I was planting courgettes. Up until