Pistachios have a soft, yellow protective skin with a deep pink blush when freshly picked. Inside, the nuts are soft and tender. Walking in the September sunshine with a group of friends towards the Lions Square, in Heraklion (www.heraklion.gr/en), we stop at a fruit stall. Also on display, here on market street, are fresh green [...]
I had dinner with a Minoan Princess, in Crete, one summer night a few weeks ago. I know this, because of one of the treasures that I saw when some friends and I visited the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion. (http://www.interkriti.org/museums/hermus.htm) The treasures were from Crete’s ancient Minoan civilisation.
Something that particularly caught my eye there, was [...]
…It was a case of love at the very first taste, one warm spring evening in Athens, a few years ago. The Greeks make this dish, Gigantes Plaki, with huge white beans called fassolia gigantes. If they are impossible to get hold of, buy the largest butter beans you can find. It is [...]
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