A NOTE FOR THE
VEGAN / VEGETARIAN COMMUNITY TO FIND OUT THE TREASURES OF THE CRETAN and GREEK
MEDITERRANEAN TRADITIONAL GREEN CUISINE.I am George Portokalakis a passionate about Cretan food and culture; I love nothing more than enjoying a good meal surrounded by friends and family. And... I love to share this passion with everyone.
After spending over than 35 years in the travel industry and cooking business, I know what I love the best, is to being able to share my country, and its' food and wine. I would tell anyone willing to listen about the wonders of Cretan cuisine, the relaxing nature of the Cretan people, share the delights of Cretan cuisine and culture with people, - people who appreciate good, fresh, natural and healthy cooking or just love to eat!
Using the oportunity
http://www.blogger.com/ gives me I like to share with you and to experience at first hand authentic Cretan regional cooking techniques and recipes that have been developed and handed down over generations.
Few words for the land I born, live and love:
CRETE
Unknown old Cretan master of writing writes:
…The land I born, is overflowed of sweet smelling flowers, herbs, undergrowths, shrubs, trees, gardens, bare rocks, bare hills and mountains, scrubs, peaks, saddles, rivulets, creeks, and wild gorges…
..The maker of Crete was in a very good mood that moment of creation so he blessed this land with open handed infinity, generosity and kindness…
…the lifeless, gave beauty, smells, sweet juices, high productive but above all, taste and liveliness lifeless presence…
…to humans open handed innumerable amenities, open spirit that embrace the entire world, treat intellect mind that touches both infinity time and space and learn like lightning everything concerning the human’s knowledge and nature…
…parlance straight and fast express correct and wise everything can worm a human’s heart and rightly accepted by their mind…
…but this parlance often, when finds out that speaking is not enough and sweet and simple speech gives no pleasure, flap higher. Gets sweet tunes and become song…
Today I would like to share with you a very simple but delicious / taste and healthy recipe with wild greens of Crete the RADIKIA known as wild chicory daldelion or CICHORIUM INTIBUS
I have pictured step by step from the beggining wash them then boil them and serve them with pure olive oil and fresh lemon juice
Its a mouth watering easy - simple recipe / dish .
You can use the wild greens of your place same way
Enjoy it and good apetite!!
Greetings from Crete
George
