Lefkada food

Lefkada Food: Traditional Dishes and Local Flavours

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Grilled octopus with olive oil and lemon, a staple of Lefkada food

Lefkada food is a rich, traditional Ionian cuisine built on fresh seafood, mountain produce, good olive oil and a lasting Venetian influence. Because the island joins the sea to a green, farmed interior, its cooking ranges from fish soups and cuttlefish in ink to lentils grown high on the plateau, cured salami and homemade pies. … Read more

Lefkada Restaurants and Food: What and Where to Eat on the Island

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A cafe and produce shop on a stone street in Lefkada Town

Lefkada rewards visitors with a table as green and varied as its landscape. The island sits in the Ionian Sea, joined to the mainland by a short causeway, and its cooking follows the Ionian line rather than the Aegean one. Mountain villages send down lentils, wild greens and honey, while the harbours land fish, octopus … Read more