Today I start posting photos from my quick autumnal trip to Paros. The starting point is Naoussa, with its beautiful
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Damianos Fish Tavern, Ambelas, island of Paros, Greece
Update The fish tavern has closed. In its place today you can find the “Blue Oyster” bar/restaurant. Original Article A
Continue readingDinner Party on the occasion of Despoinarion's Oscar Celebration and Awards
Today’s post is a celebration for Despoinarion‘s Oscar Awards. The celebration is double in nature: we celebrate first the award
Continue readingFreud on the Acropolis
On his only visit to Greece, in 1904, Sigmund Freud experienced brief but unsettling feelings of alienation as he stood
Continue readingMediterranean Mousaka with apaki and yogurt
Today I want to share a dish that is my own variation of the well-known “Mousaka” dish. I start with
Continue readingLayered Eggplants and Zucchinis with spicy sauce, baked peppers and octopus
Some administrative tasks have grounded me today in Athens, Greece. My revenge to fate is the layered dish I present
Continue readingPissaladiere with smoked herring
Pissaladiere is a pizza-like dish of the South of France. Its name comes from the word pissalat (“salted fish”). It
Continue readingThorn of a bitter love – ακανθος πικρης αγαπης
«Oταν έχει τις πληγήν βαθείαν κρυφήν, εις την θάλασσαν πρέπει να πλέει, μόνος, ολομόναχος»! Ήτον απόλαυσις, όνειρον, θαύμα. Είχεν απομακρυνθεί
Continue readingOpen Market in Agia Paraskevi, Athens, on the Saint's Name Day
Today 26th July (2010) is the name day of Agia Paraskevi, one of the Christian Orthodox Saints we treasure in
Continue readingGrey weakfish with summer vegetables
It is the time of the year for the wonderful grey weakfish (mylokopi in Greek) which has a whitish firm
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