Distilled from the must, skins and stems left over after wine-making, raki (tsikoudia) is by far the most popular spirit in Crete. It is a strong, clear, assertive brandy containing 35-40% [...]
While the French can’t wait to impress you with their cooking, and the Italians want to romance you with theirs, the Cretans have kept their cuisine- the real stuff that is, pretty much a secret. [...]
The biological value of olive oil is by far, better than any other variety of oil or fat, whether it comes from the animal kingdom, like butter, or the vegetable kingdom like palm oil or soybean oil.