Street Corn

almost like the elote from home! only without crema or spicy pepper- and especially delicious after my corn free summer in Italy. seriously, the Italians need to get on that

Chania Street Food

pork souvlaki station

Loukoumades aka fried donut holes in honey

the prep

a different loukoumades station

2 little girls watching the hot donut man at work

our midnight snack: flipping AMAZING pork souvlaki and crunchy loukoumades with honey and sesame seeds

Agricultural August

Aspassia from Cretan Diet took us to a festival in Chania, located about an hour outside of Rethymno. All sorts of producers gathered to peddle their Cretan wares. Aspa of course knew everyone there and we stopped and chatted at almost every booth. This was of course accompanied by the obligatory tasting and the even more obligatory farewell glass of raki. Suffice it to say by the end of the night we were full and drunk. Need I ask for more?

The festival took place in an emptied out dam, just across the street from the ocean. 

various honeys 

a raki production 

cheese!

pies! my favorite are the green pies. they're filled with indigenous greens, oregano, garlic, and mint. I'm addicted.

Cretan wedding pastries

a man in traditional garb compelling random passers by to down shots of raki

Cretan cheese in olive oil

more cheese!

yep, that entire table is raki. normal raki on the left, different kinds of spiced raki in the middle and on the right.

Cretan herbs