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
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Green eating olives: fresh pickles
It’s the days of olives. And the beginning of the olive season where you would hardly miss people on Crete
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Green eating olives conserved with lemon juice
As soon as I finished preparing the black olives in salt (see my post Preparing eating olives: the black guys),
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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
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Let’s learn finally the wild edible plants of Crete!
A workshop organised with my friend Joelle (who happened to have a yurt in Crete) and guided by Grandma Olga
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Artichokes – with a soft heart inside
The most special bouquet I have ever got. And a new challenge of my Cretan life. This is the kind
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