Honey is an aromatic, sticky, sweet material derived from the nectar of plants that bees collect and convert into a dense liquid that store them in the honeycombs. Honey contains 77% -78% sugar (mainly fructose and glucose) and because of the relatively low humidity does not favor the growth...

88 Greek products are recorded along with Santorini’s fava! The Santorini’s fava (yellow split peas) enshrined in European Commission’s decision as Protected Designation of Origin (PDO). Also included in the EU list of Protected Designation Origin (PDO) and Protected...

Feta is traditionally made in Greece, in mountainous areas. Feta is the most popular and the most ancient cheese, made from goat’s or sheep’s milk, produced in blocks or square cakes. It has small holes and no skin and stored in barrels of brine. It is soft or semi-hard and its...

Tsipouro is a Greek spirit drink, which started preparing 7 centuries ago in the monasteries of Mount Athos. Tsikoudia or Raki (in Crete) is something similar, but the main difference is that the Raki is the result of single distillation. Such drinks in other countries are the Italian Grappa...

It is very difficult to learn how to separate the fresh fish. Do not look the color of fish’s gills if they are red as people think. The key points to look at, is the body and eyes. The body of the fish must be tough and when you push slightly recover to its position. Also the body...

Oregano is a herbaceous perennial herb, with not flexible woody trunk, its leaves are gray fluffy egg-shaped, with small purple flowers on top and reaches about 50cm in height. Oregano is resistant to cold and grows at up to 1500m altitudes, especially in the Mediterranean and Central...

Mastic called the fragrant natural resin extracted from mastic tree. The tree’s gum, the lentisk, is an evergreen shrub, which can reach 3 meters height. It has branches stretching and light or dark gray trunk, depending on their age. Gets fully developed in 40-50 years and lives about...

Saturday, June 19, 2010, in Ierapetra, Crete, citizens and visitors will try to shake down the previous Guinness record of largest salad which has been in Israel with 10,200 tonnes! For the salad which is estimated to weigh over 14 tonnes will be needed: 7 tonnes of tomatoes 3 tonnes of...