History of Greek Food

Here is what was served at a ‘before wedding’ party which was held in Karanou. The party was given by the groom’s family one week before the son got married. The wedding ceremony and the after wedding party (gr. glenti) were given at Athens.
The groom’s family is wealthy and the party was really crowdy, around [...]

On 26th of July, there was the religious feast (panygyri) of Aghia Paraskevi, the patron Saint of the eyes, in the village Karano (Crete). As usual, panygiri started in the morning with a church service and  ended just before noon. 

A common meal with enjoyable food followed the Liturgy: free range chicken cooked with olive oil, lemon juice and flavored with [...]