Stuffed vegetables with sour vulgur.

Stuffed vegetables are a food so notorious that no recommendations are needed, generally eaten in the Balkans and the East, often accompanied by stuffed vine leaves, and/or stuffed zucchini blossoms, often cooked with minced meat in the filling, but here we will see the version with sour vulgur, called “ksinohodros” in Crete, which is a […]

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Magiri. The traditional Cretan handmade pasta

“Magiri”. Traditional handmade pasta with flour, oil and water. In difficult times of Turkish and German occupation and poverty, the magiri nourished many generations on the island, since apart from it being economical and easy, it is also delicious, healthy and very filling. Moreover it’s vefan if you don’t add cheese. We submit the recipe and the […]

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Boureki from Chania

“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 […]

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