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Honey, wild flowers and healing plants of Greece

With 65 recipes

A book by Myrsini Labraki

Honey has been a symbol of fertility and eternal youth for centuries. Also, it has been an invaluable substance for a wide range of cultural practices and activities since antiquity. In addition to 65 honey recipes reflecting the creativity of the traditional Greek cuisine, this book also provides information about honey production, honey on Mycenaean and Minoan sources, varieties of honey, honey composition and nutritional value, honey and beauty, pollen, royal jelly and propolis. Furthermore, the scores and illustrations of more than 70 wild flowers and herbs found in
Greece are a feast for the eyes.

ISBN 9609151396- 140 pages

Honey, wild flowers and healing plants of Greece by Mirsini Labraki

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A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Myrsini Lambraki was born in Heraklion, Crete in July 1965.She studied Political Sciences and Public Administration at the Law School of Athens. She published a first selection of poems in 1990, under the title “Tritones”, and a second selection, “Oneireutis”, in 1992.

In 1993, following a family tradition of three generations, Myrsini Lambraki consecrated herself exclusively to the art of cooking. Her interest in diet has led her to research traditional Greek and Cretan food in al their aspects, turning her into an expert advisor in the art of using, serving and promoting traditional products.

She writes a gastronomic column in one of the country’s most important newspapers “Kathimerini” and has published articles on traditional cooking in Greek, American and European Union + Switzerland, Iceland, Norwayan magazines. She teaches Traditional Cretan - Greek Cooking in educational programs

She is a member of SLOW FOOD Administration Board, an international organization that promotes traditional cooking, and a member of ARCHESTRATOS, an association promoting the preservation and dissemination of Greek Cooking.

In 1997 she published her first gastronomic research on the edible greens in Crete and Greece “EDIBLE GREENS” which has become a national best-seller (five editions to date), and in 1998 a gastronomic treatise on cod-fish, “SALTED COD” (second edition).

In 1999, Lambraki published her book on the olive tree and its produce “OLIVE OIL: the Elixir of life” with a detailed description of the history of this tree and the use of olive oil in Greece from Antiquity to the present.

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Honey, wild flowers and healing plants of Greece

With 65 recipes

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