Doug Cooking: Cretan Dakos Salad on Rusks with EU Gold Quality 04:07. By: Doug Heilman. PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- One of my mottos: Cook and eat curiously. I love wandering through family-owned shops ...

To appreciate fully the Cretan dish of dakos, which is both the name of the key ingredient, a rusk usually made from barley, and the salad that features it, one must imagine Greece as it once was.

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The soft, ricotta-like mizithra is also a Cretan mainstay. ... Another quintessentially Cretan dish is dakos, a twice-baked hard bread sprinkled with tomato, cheese, oregano and olive oil.

Dakos is one of the most popular salads. It's a healthy and filling dish which can be prepared with minimum fuss. Angela Nicolettou has the details. ... Cretan dakos. Play. 07:51.

Baked dakos with spiced chickpeas, tomato and feta "Gosh, those wild Cretan ladies made me work hard making those dakos, but I enjoyed every minute it; so much so that one of them said she’d ...

Pass up the cholesterol-rich meats and sauces next time you are in Greece and gorge on the ancient fast food credited with bestowing long life to the islanders of Crete for the last 4,000 years.

Visiting the lovely island of Crete is a feast for all of the senses; from beautiful beaches and ancient historical sites to incredible wines and breathtaking views, you’ll experience one sensory ...