Gourmet Traveller

A CHEF’S GUIDE TO… Laconia, Greece

At Annie Fine Cooking in Athens, Stavriani Zervakakou told the story of Greece by finding and cooking the country’s best produce. For her next trick, the chef is headed back to her Peloponnesean hometown Mani, in Laconia, where she will open her dream restaurant, Aspasia. Although the Peloponnese might be one of Greece’s most underrated regions, Zervakakou has the skills and know-how to put it on the map. Her secret? Being closer to some of Greece’s finest ingredients, from extraordinary honey to orange-infused pork delicacies.

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