Sunday meetings in the courtyard overlooking Stefanos Manos' garden, the steps, the character and integrity of which were never subject to negotiation. Always with coffee, cookies, and sometimes on the record pieces from the fine carrot cake, with almond flour, covered with crispy lemon glaze. Manos' cake and the recipe itself, unchanged, for years. But even in politics, as a Minister, he always worked with the same recipe: that of Stefanos Manos. A truly free discussion, with which the politician does not want to simply remind, his passage through the central stage, his path within the parties, but to refresh the memory of previous generations and to inform the younger ones about what specific things he thought and did as a Minister and what impact they had on the quality of our lives. And to insist that the most valuable quality of a politician is honesty and straightforward words, without intrigues. For every politically addicted reader, Stefanos Manos' narrative is enjoyable. Because Manos, despite his advanced age, continues to have the characteristics of a teenager who wants to overturn and a wise man who tries to advise. (From the foreword by Aris Portosalte)