The Taste of Honey by Byron Ayanoglu

A dream retirement becomes a Cretan adventure

Very Good Condition - with slight cover curl, small corner creases and light edge wear.

Chef and food journalist Byron Ayanoglu imagines retirement on Crete as a life of leisurely meals, sea swims and unhurried exploration. His friend Theo has a more demanding idea: opening a restaurant together. The result is an ambitious culinary venture whose practical challenges quickly overtake any fantasy of peaceful island living. As Byron's Curry House takes shape, the friends encounter bureaucracy, natural setbacks, strong personalities and the unpredictable pleasures of working in a new place. Food remains at the centre of a memoir equally interested in friendship, culture and the gap between an appealing dream and its daily reality. Warm and comic, Ayanoglu's account celebrates Crete while embracing the disorder that accompanies his attempt to belong there.