Marianna Leivaditaki grew up in Chiana in Crete, helping in her family-run taverna. Now she’s head chef of Morito in Hackney. Marianna’s book, Aegean: Recipes from the Mountains to the Sea, is out on 2 July (£26, Kyle Books)
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