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ESSENTIAL FOOD
AWAKENS MEMORIES
AND EXPERIENCES
THAT FILL THE EYES
AND REJOICE THE SOUL.

ood is a source of life, joy,
communication. As ear-
ly as the stage of prepara-
tion, it fills our hearts with
moments to cherish, emo-
tions, truth, love.” Chef An-
dreas Lagos owes a lot to
his homeland and all that it
has taught him about cook-
F ing. Raised in Samos amidst
vegetable patches, fields and orchards, his child-
hood memories have left their indelible mark
upon him. Proof of it is his appreciation and use
of unique Greek products, uncontaminated ingre-
dients and old, timeless values. As he states him-
self in the preface of his book “A taste of Greece”:
“Every time I walk on my island my senses are
overwhelmed. The aromas exhuded by the veg-
etable patches sweep me away and take me back
to my childhood, my mischiefs and the simplici-
ty of farming life. To me is all about the frugality
and uniqueness of what made me into who I am
today: the perfume of grape must and sun-dried
tomato paste, the air blowing under plane trees,
the smell of rain in September. The tastes and
aromas I grew up with! Savoury, donkey orega-
no, sage, schinus, the scent of olive wood, cypress
seed cones, the subtle fragrance of Spanish broom,
blackberry plants, wild oat, fennel, pennyroyal,
Aghios Elias’ tea, chamomile. Every little corner of
the street brims with thousands of fragrances thus

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