teaming with fresh seasonal produce, herbs and locally caught fish. Currently the Lenten fast is being adhered to by the die hard locals, the guiding principle being that you should not eat anything with blood.
Seasonal eating ensures you enjoy produce at it’s best, the amount of comments guests make in the summer months as to how tasty the tomatoes are, married together with local feta and warm Loggos bread, what more could you ask?
Currently artichokes are in season, many of the locals cultivate them in their gardens in Anti-Paxos bringing them back on the Caique that tends to leave early morning from Paxos and return before dark.
I found this recipe that I thought you may enjoy, taken from http://realgreekrecipes.blogspot.gr
Greek Artichokes with fresh peas (Anginares me bizelia)
½ kg fresh peas
3 new potatoes quartered
3 spring onions finely chopped
2 fresh garlic cloves chopped
1 tablespoon fresh mint chopped
2 tablespoons fennel chopped
3 lemons
120 ml olive oil
Lemon juice
300 ml water
Salt and pepper
Discard the outer leaves of the artichokes and then rub them with 2 lemons.
