Giorgos Hadjiparaschos: The Legend of Handmade Phyllo Has Passed Away at the Age of 93 - His Famous Syrupy Sweets "Enchanted" Greeks and Foreigners - iefimerida.gr
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Rethymno bid farewell to Giorgos Hadjiparaschos, a man who contributed decisively to the promotion of traditional Cretan confectionery beyond the island's borders. With his baklava and kantaifi, he had won the recognition of Greeks and foreign visitors, while he was among the few craftsmen in the country who still prepared phyllo in the traditional way. His funeral will be held on Monday, at 12:00 noon, at the Church of Our Lady of the Angels (…
The man who made the art of handmade leaf famous in Greece and abroad has passed away at the age of 93 - His workshop in the old city had become a magnet for thousands of visitors
An entire chapter of Cretan gastronomy closes with the death of Giorgos Hatziparaschos, the man who for almost seven decades kept alive the art of handmade phyllo crust and kantaifi in Rethymno. The beloved Mr. Giorgos, as the city's residents knew him, passed away at the age of 93, leaving behind
At the age of 93, Giorgos Hadjiparaschos, the traditional craftsman who linked his name with handmade phyllo and kantaifi, passed away...
Giorgos Hadjiparaschos, one of the last craftsmen who kept the traditional art of pottery alive, passed away at the age of 93.
For more than six decades, he kept alive the traditional preparation of kantaifi sheet in his historic workshop in the Old Town of Rethymno, which became known beyond the borders of Crete.
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