Diners Club and Alpha Bank present the second installment of Dine Athens from Wednesday, February 1, to Sunday, February 12, a culinary event offering discounts and special menus at 120 select restaurants around the capital.
GASTRONOMY
There are many ways to get to know a city, but few are as informative or interesting as a guided tour with experts and insiders.
Sparkling wines from Greek and international wineries will be showcased at the Hotel Grand Bretagne in Athens on Sunday, December 18, during a day of presentations and tastings.
A short while ago Iakovos Apergis, the Tzaneio Hospital’s head cook, arrived at the Piraeus health facility carrying two big baking trays of pizza he had prepared the night before.
Greek sushi master Antonis Drakoularakos, owner of Athens restaurant Sushimou, was named among the world’s 100 top chefs at the award ceremony of the first Chefs World Summit on Sunday night.
Twenty-four-year-old Stavros Evangelou thinks back fondly on his grandfather’s bakery, on the corner of Nikis and Apollonos streets in central Athens, which specialized in recipes from Smyrna.
The Italian Cultural Institute in Athens is hosting a series of events as part of the “The Extraordinary Italian Taste” culinary festival, including screenings of Italian films and documentaries.
It’s 11.30 a.m. and a light drizzle is falling in London’s Paddington district. The Kalimera food truck, named after the Greek word for “good morning,” has just opened and a line is already forming of smartly dressed businessmen, bankers and executives.
Melbourne has invited the cream of Greek gastronomy to the Australian city to celebrate the second installment of Oh My Greek Week, an event dedicated to Greek cuisine, from November 21-26.
The first edition of the Athens Rum Festival opens its doors at Zappeion Hall on Sunday, November 6.
Literature scholars believe the name ouzo to come from the ancient Greek verb “to smell,” or “ozo.”
A team of chefs create delectable meals to be enjoyed 50 meters above ground as part of the Dinner in the Sky experience, which can be had at the Technopolis cultural complex in Athens through October 5.
Thanks to widespread promotion of its health benefits, millions of people around the world have taken up the so-called Mediterranean diet, based around fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, herbs, honey and olive oil.
It may be on the Unesco heritage list, but global experts warn the Mediterranean diet, prized for its health benefits, is losing so much ground to the fast food culture that the decline may be irreversible.
The Kokotou Vineyard is hosting an evening of winetasting and appetizers under the auspices of the British-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, July 5.
Father Epiphanios is one of the better-known monks of the monastic community of Mount Athos in northern Greece. A dedicated winemaker with exports from his vineyard, he is also an excellent cook and the foremost ambassador of the monastery’s cuisine and dietary habits overseas.
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