Pour a shot of raki, then close your eyes and imagine a large olive tree and vines wrapped around a wooden pergola over a stone-laid terrace with a view stretching down to the coast as you savor the taste of Crete.   Click below to view some of our traditional recipes:   Fresh Artichoke Salad Cretan Dakos Bulbs Pulse Salad Stuffed Courgette Flowers Octopus with Fennel Grouper with Okra Rabbit with Onions Snails in Tomato Sauce Boureki Rocket, Spinach & Apaki Salad Roast Chicken with Potatoes Easter Meat and Cheese Pie Lamb with Radikia in Egg and Lemon Sauce Lamb with Yogurt Pork with Wild Greens Beef with Quince Sfakian Pies Mizithra Pies Xerotígana Minoan Ambrosia

CONVERSION CHARTS The following abbreviations have been used in the recipes:   tsp - teaspoon - 5 gr ssp - soupspoon - 10 gr tbs - tablespoon - 15 gr cup - liquid e.g. honey - 140 gr cup - rice / sugar - 200 gr cup - butter - 220 gr cup - cheese (grated) - 120 gr cup - nuts (chopped) - 150 gr   Oven temperatures  Gas Degrees (F) Degrees (C)   1  275  140  2  300  150  3  325  170  4            350              180                               5              375  190  6  400  200  7  425  220                       8  450  230  9  475  240    Liquids  fl. oz / pints  ml 2 55 3                         75                   5 (1/4 pint) 150                              10 (1/2 pint) 275 20 (1 pint) 570 25 (11/4 pint) 725 13/4 pints 1 litre