Chian Pasta

ON CHIOS, the local pasta, called trahana, is made from a dough that contains fine semolina, bread flour, yogurt and pureed cooked tomatoes and onions. Some recipes even include carrots and peppers, both hot and sweet. The most important element, according to the locals, is trahanohorto, a dried herb that is actually the green part of the wild carrot (Daucus carota), which tastes like a cross between chervil and fresh thyme. Trahanohorto is much more fragrant on