Photo gallery: Sifnos, Greece's gourmet island
The island of Sifnos holds food at the heart of its landscape and culture. The birthplace of Greece’s first celebrity chef, it’s a place where locals embrace culinary rituals that have been kept alive for centuries.
Photographs By Issy Croker
Published 12 Aug 2019, 15:21 BST
George Narlis picks onions for the meal.
Local vita greens with pistachios.
George preparing Sunday lunch.
A traditional skepastaria pot.
Ingredients for making revithada.
Doorway in the village of Artemonas.
Preparing sweet treats at Theodorou.
Freshly made amygdalota.
Panagia Poulati, one of the island's seven azure-domed churches, in the village of Kastro.
Kostas raises a glass.
Fried manoura with cherry tomatoes and thyme flowers, served at Zoi and Alberto's home.
Alberto's slow-roasted goat.
Smiling in Kastro.
Narlis Farm, Sifnos.
Street in Kastro.
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