Lettuce bakery in Astypalea

Descending from Chora to Astypalaia in Pera Gialos, on a bend the oven of Lettuce. From here, the locals and the catering professionals are supplied daily with their bread and their pastries. However, there are many visitors to the island who stop to buy - sometimes to take them to their place - the famous yellow cookies, saffron, almond and thyme rusks, or rusks with olive oil and thyme which are all typical samples of gastronomy of Astypalea.

The yellow cookies They are fermented with milk, contain excellent quality butter, local cream cheese and in combination with spices and wild wild saffron acquire a sweet and at the same time spicy taste.

Maroulio took over the old French bakery in the 2000s and with her five daughters - one, Popi, has studied the art of baking and pastry and has the main responsibility - offers her services and shares her art with the locals. Island's.