Tag: Greece

  • On Sharing the Stories

    On Sharing the Stories

    Well a lot of water has flowed under the hull of Intention since my last update. The horror and relief of the rat story gave way to a few months of the most glorious of sailing as the Med emptied out of seasonal cruisers and charter boats and the days grew shorter but stayed warm…

  • My Arki Dakos Salad

    My Arki Dakos Salad

    Dakos has become a bit of an obsession of mine and from ordering some bad and good ones and also making some bad and good ones I am getting a feel for the key points of this salad.   The dakos are a rusk made from wheat, barley or rye.  I find that the darker…

  • Levitha Mushrooms and Manouri.

    Levitha Mushrooms and Manouri.

    A trip to the supermarket in Greece can occasionally yield some excellent results although seasonal and local rules here on the islands for the most part.On Patmos I found a pack of mixed mushrooms: button, swiss, shitake and oyster which being such a rarity I snapped up.  Firstly, they went into a red curry but…