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A blessed island! My father loves to tell me stories about his childhood in Paros. There ‘s the story about how at the age of twelve he helped his family friend Mr. Vrochas to make and sell the first ice creams in their village, and the story starts like this: Mr. Vrochas went to Naxos […]

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The octopus garlands This afternoon feels warm at Pisso Livadi , so  I  make myself a large cup of coffee and go outside, to drink it at the veranda, overlooking  the sea. From there, in a clear day like this, I can see Naxos, Iraklia, Ios, Sikinos, and sometimes Santorini. Dozens of small fishing boats […]

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The Blue Star ferries that arrive on the islands this weekend are full of passengers, as if  it was August… It is the Kathari Deftera (Net Monday), a public holiday for Greece. On that special day that signifies the end of the carnival festivities and the beginning of the forty day fasten that ends with […]

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  I recall that I didn’ t even feel like having lunch on that day… It was the first time I had ever visited Ios and I was only there for work. By the time I had finished with my meeting, it was already noon, the sun was high in the sky and everything felt […]

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  Ιn how many ways can a cook experience a meal preparation? How does it feel like when you’re cooking for hundreds of people as part of a religious ritual? How does it feel like preparing old recipes that have travelled through time, in order to feed pilgrims that pray to a Saint? It is when […]

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