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Greek Gastronomy Days At Benaki Museum

gastronomy_540_200_enThis week the Benaki Museum will host the event Gastronomy Days – Destination of Origin: Greece, aiming to highlight Greek cuisine and to promote the authentic and unique products of Greece.
This event will have a different approach for the Greek data, seeking for the modern formulation of the identity of Greek taste, which pursues to maintain and continue a cultural tradition of thousands of years.
This collective effort, who addresses also to foreign visitors of Greece for the first time, takes place under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Tourism and is organized by the Reason to: an agency for social responsibility initiatives, in cooperation with Food Concepts and the Department of Food Science & Nutrition of the Aegean University, while it is realized with the kind support of the Benaki Museum and the Hellenic Institute of Architecture.
The program of events includes:

  • A representative exhibition of products by selected Greek producers.
  • Tastings and cookery, in a specially designed live kitchen stage, by popular chefs such as Elias Mamalakis, Dina Nikolaou, Andreas Lagos, Alexandros Papandreou, Vasilis Poris, Eftichis Bletsas and others.
  • -Events to publicize Greek drinks with award-winning mixologists from Greece and abroad, such as Yiannis Samaras, Yiannis Korovesis, Dimitris Kiakos and Vasilis Kiritsis.
  • Theme-based events focusing on the links between gastronomy, architecture, tourism and culture such as The Geometric Dimension of Tastefrom the Hellenic Institute of Architecture, Food Origami from prominent Greek design offices, The International appeal of The New Greek Cuisine with lectures and connections with renowned chefs and restaurant owners from Melbourne, New York, Brussels and Paris.
  • Free educational workshops with the visual artist Alexandros Psychoulis, the food styling artist Tina Webb and others. Actions in support of initiatives and to introduce particular local elements from regions such as the island of Lemnos, which is this year’s featured gastronomic destination.
  • Mapping the cultures of taste through the art of  storytelling, with the participation of artists such as Eugene Trivizas, Olga Malea, Panagiotis Beltzinitis, Dimitris Koutsiabasakos. “The role of media in the shaping of gastronomic map”: A rare opportunity to exchange views with authors, critics of taste and food editors.
  • A special event for representatives of international organizations, foreign agencies, states and news networks, which will include the participation of European Union Commissioner on Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Maria Damanaki and Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni.
  • Presentations and open discussions on: good practices in agricultural production such as bio-dynamic farming, innovative marketing policies, online flavor communities (Food blogging). Thematic events to promote the Mediterranean diet, as well as introduction to selected units of knowledge such as Greek mushrooms, truffle etc.

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