by John Flawith | Aug 16, 2019 | Blog, Food & Drink
One of the exotic sights to see in Crete is the Prickly Pear (Opuntia Ficus-Indica). Here they grow to enormous size in the wild, and in late August can have myriad blooms from which develop the fruits. These can be used in making prickly pear jam. Using...
by John Flawith | Jun 8, 2019 | Blog, Food & Drink
The Cheeses, the herbs, the grapes… Lets start on the Cretan diet, not with olive oil – about which we’ve already written a blog (part I!). But with milk, sheep and goats milk, because it’s the basis of the wonderful yoghurt and Graviera. Its the king of Cretan...
by John Flawith | Apr 29, 2019 | Blog, Drives, Food & Drink, Things to do
The village, nestling in the hills What’s to see on the drive from Panokosmos This drive from Panokosmos goes to the Creta Carob factory, the old village of Argiroupoli, the ancient tombs of Lappa and the taverna serving fresh trout farmed from rock pools formed by...
by John Flawith | Apr 29, 2019 | Blog, Drives, Food & Drink, Things to do
The village, nestling in the hills What’s to see on the drive This drive from the villa goes to the Creta Carob factory, the old village of Argiroupoli, the ancient tombs of Lappa and the taverna serving fresh trout farmed from rock pools formed by the stream. ...
by John Flawith | Mar 8, 2018 | Blog, Food & Drink
We always look forward to the wine fair in Chania. If you think of Greek wines, this may conjure up carefree student backpacking holidays, dreadful hangovers. That white wine with the curious reminder of pine disinfectant. But Greek and Cretan...
by John Flawith | Nov 19, 2017 | Blog, Food & Drink
At Panokosmos we serve fruit with every breakfast, usually the “Panokosmos fruit platter”. Over the years these have become a bit of a trademark of ours. In Crete we get wonderful fruit, changing with the seasons. Fruit in season There...
