Rich, nutritious and hearty dishes for your daily meals, prepared using -mainly- ingredients that are offered to us by the generous Cretan nature.
“Kolokithoboureko” or Boureki from Chania. The word boureki comes from the Turkish börek which can be translated internationally as “filled pastry”. Small variations of this word are used by most Balkan countries to describe their respective pies. So our “kolokithoboureko” is a delicious zucchini pie, which is primarily found in Chania. It’s prepared in many different ways throughout […]
The artichoke is a perennial plant native to Africa but came to us from Sicily, where it is used more as well as in the Italian cuisine in general. In France it was used in the past as a pharmaceutical drug and the cultivation was encouraged by Catherine De Medici who -it is said- was “addicted” to them. It is […]
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