Marissa Tejada

Athens -- On Serifos island, local word-of-mouth advice on where to eat real Greek home-cooked food – at excellent prices – will take you to the end of a beach road, a dirt path bordering the turquoise sea. Read more

Athens -- Each morning, 82-year-old Giorgos Chatziparaschos’s bicycle pedals clank and echo down the cobblestone streets of the Venetian-era port city Rethymnon, on the island of Crete. Read more

Athens -- “We say if you leave a Cretan pappou [grandfather] alone in the Cretan mountains, six months later you’ll find him fatter,” said dietitian-turned-restaurateur Panayiotis Magganas. He smiled wide. “Our land is incredibly rich.” Read more