Cooking Class

• Take a leisurely stroll through our garden.
• Pick fresh vegetables and aromatic herbs for the day’s dishes.

• Prepare Cretan classics like:
  • Cretan Salad (tomato, cucumber, onion, pepper, olives, myzithra)
  • Dako (traditional bread with tomato and cheese)
  • Kalitsounia (cheese pies with myzithra and onion)
  • Gemista (stuffed vegetables)
  • Boureki (zucchini, potatoes and myzithra)
  • Lamb with Potatoes (in wood-fire oven)
• Enjoy  freshly prepared dakakia as a mid-session snack.

*Depending on the season and what’s fresh in our garden, our cooking class may include a few extra seasonal dishes.

• Visit the stable to meet the animals and experience milking.

• Visit the grandmother’s house for a glimpse into traditional cheese-making.
• Sip on tsikoudia, savor shortbread, and learn about the family’s wine-making process at the patitiri (wine press).

• Return to the Veggera, where the table is set with all the dishes you’ve prepared.
• Enjoy a leisurely meal accompanied by Romeiko wine and lively conversation.

• Relish a traditional spoon dessert, like neratzaki or quince, paired with tsikoudia or racomelo.
• End the day with live Cretan music played on the mandolin.