Yiayia is an original legend: fire master and cucumber whisperer with the strongest calves in Perivoli village. Now she’s a local celebrity after her film got 4.7 stars on film platform, Nowness.
We’ve been to Corfu a few times now, to film, cook and photograph Yiayia (a diva attitude is starting to show). The minute we get into her village, family members start appearing, from behind bougainvillea bushes, through beaded curtains, rising from their plastic chairs - approaching our Anastasia and embracing her. The biggest hug comes from Yiayia Anastasia, cheekbones smashing from the force of the two kisses. Hugs turn to abuse quite quickly. Last time she told Ana to tell me that my bum was much bigger than the previous year and then broke into hysterical laughter as this information was translated.
