Some experiences quietly reshape the way we see the world. For me, one of those experiences was my first February in Rethymno. Arriving in 2002, I expected a charming Cretan town and perhaps a lively festival. What I discovered instead […]

The first time I watched my Greek mother-in-law cook, I nearly had a heart attack. She was frying potatoes — deep frying them — in a pot of extra virgin olive oil. The beautiful, expensive, bright green oil I’d been taught to […]

Every morning, I watch the elder people in Cretan villages pour golden olive oil over their fresh bread, just as their grandmothers did before them. At 85, 90, even 95 years old, they move through their gardens with the energy […]

Everyone who knows me knows how much I love history. That love brought me to Crete, and here, I fell in love again — with the island, with my husband, and with something his family has treasured for generations: olive […]