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COOK LIKE A LOCAL CRETE

The long and quirky island of Crete has been gifted with breathtaking beauty. From high mountains and hidden villages to long gorges and cerulean seas, it is a place fit for the gods. Such diverse landscape has played its part in setting the foundations for Cretan food culture, which changes dramatically when moving from the low to the high lands.

The sea offers incredible food but also carries a certain way of life in its breeze. Daily banter, sharing food and drink is a daily occurrence, and the tavernas and small kafenia (traditional cafés that also serve meze) are rowdy. Loud voices, colourful clothes and sun-kissed faces eating plates of sea urchins and sun-dried octopus,

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