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Τhe Mount Athos Area Kouzina 2016 It will as always last a whole month: from 15 May 2016 until 15 June 2016 and will focus on local tradition, which wants the people of the Athos region to honour their land at every chance, thanking it for the gifts it offers. However, it will marry this tradition with gourmet creations, always based on local organic produce. Celebrations of nature, the sea, the land and its products, contests and traditional cooking lessons, flavours that highlight our organic products and rich produce, flavours from Asia Minor, ancient, traditional, monastic, Mediterranean, and gourmet dishes - created by local and celebrity chefs. Consult your activities program and arrange your vacation where you prefer, in the hotels that host kouzina activities or in those in the list attached to the program. Be assured that whatever you choose, you will be completely satisfied with our renowned hospitality. Enjoy!
MOUNT ATHOS AREA ORGANISATION
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Activities Program S/N
Day
Time
Place / Reservations*
Subject / Menu Title
Ancient Greek Cuisine 1
15.5
Ouranoupoli
Aristotelian Gastronomy
2
16.5
Ouranoupoli
Aristotelian Gastronomy
3
17.5
Ouranoupoli
Aristotelian Gastronomy
4
18.5
20:00
Cholomontas, Virangas restaurant info@viraggass.gr
The feast of mushrooms
5
19.5
20:00
Arnea, Restaurant Bakatsianos info@bakatsianos.gr
The feast of forest products
6
20.5
20:00
Varvara, Mygdos Restaurant mariagkouts@gmail.com
The feast of the Aristotelian Mountain
7
21.5
20:00
Olympiada, restaurant Akroyali hotel.liotopi@gmail.com
The feast of Aristotle's birthplace
8
22.5
20:00
Olympiada, central pier Info@mountathosarea.org
The feast of mussels
Sea Food 9
23.5
20:00
Ouranopoli, Pyrgou Prosforiou Square Info@mountathosarea.org
The feast of Asia Minor roots
10
24.5
20:00
Ouranopoli, Pyrgou Prosforiou Square Info@mountathosarea.org
The feast of local recipes
11
25.5
20:00
Stratoni, main breakwater Info@mountathosarea.org
A fishing feast
Mount Athos Area Kouzina 2016 Description
Congress on the gastronomy of Aristotelian years
Congress on the gastronomy of Aristotelian years
Congress on the gastronomy of Aristotelian years
A menu with ancient Greek origins and inspiration from the local mushroom culture of Cholomontas. An excellent spring night with Vasilis Chairistanidis creating magical recipes and distilling strong tsipouro, offering it to those who booked on time a seat at his ancient Greek table! The famous local production of Arnea meets the cuisine of the ancient Greeks and the chef Dimitris Polyzos creates a unique menu in the Grove of Agia Paraskevi, where the local honey, rose oil, goat cheese and yogurt "mix and match" flavours and sensations! Book now and enjoy! High up in one of the greenest peaks of the Aristotelian Mountain, with panoramic views of the village of Varvara and on the slopes of Mount Stratonikos, Artemisia Gkoutziou welcomes guests and travellers, offering a Dionysian menu inspired by the Aristotelian flavours and plenty of local wine. Check out the menu and imagination will do the rest! It is certain that when you taste the flavours, the sense will surpass all expectations... With herbs, plants and fruits from the Aristotelian Mountain, Louloudia Alexiadou creates dishes that combine the flavours of fresh forest fruit with sea products! A feast of scents and colours makes up a sea menu, inspired by the Aristotelian writings. Don't miss it for anything in the world! Book your participation now! An unusual cooking lesson that will be delivered by Chef Dina Nikolaou. Title: Olympiada Mussels a "thousand ways". These will be accompanied by dances and songs of Greece and Asia Minor. These are lovingly presented by the village youths, who give their best to perpetuate their gastronomic heritage. The feast will end up in Bar Perroquet, where the members of the Agritourism Cooperative of Varvara will showcase their homemade jams, which known barmen use to create organic cocktails based on the Arnea Mountovina (a local drink)! Are you still thinking about it?
A demonstration of traditional Asia Minor cooking and confectionery, delivered by the chef Dina Nikolaou and Asia Minor housewives in the central square of Ouranoupoli, with the historic Tower of the village and the harbour - gate to Mount Athos as a background. The demonstration will end with songs and dances, executed by members of the local cultural associations. Presentation of the book entitled "The recipes of the peninsula before Mount Athos", by the chef Dina Nikolaou. Cooking demonstrations will follow. A fishing feast in the port of Stratoni, a joyful festival of the sea. The people of this particular corner of the peninsula before Mount Athos honour the gifts offered by sea and land and often organise such celebrations. Feasting, dancing, local wine and liquor and plenty of fish offered to attendees make up a wonderful tourist experience that will fascinate you.
MOUNT ATHOS AREA ORGANISATION
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Activities Program S/N
Day
Time
Place / Reservations*
Subject / Menu Title
12
26.5
20:00
Ouranoupoli, Lemoniadis restaurant info@xenonasdioni.com
The feast of the sea
13
27.5
20:00
Ammouliani, Anemotrata fish restaurant taverna.anemotrata@gmail.com
The feast of the port
14
28.5
20:00
Ammouliani, main port info@mountathosarea.org
The feast of the fisherman
15
29.5
20:00
Ammouliani, main port info@mountathosarea.org
The feast of sea food recipes
Monastic Cuisine 16
30.5
20:00
Arnea, Restaurant Bakatsianos info@bakatsianos.gr
The feast of monastic products
17
31.5
20:00
Ouranopoli, Eating & Wandering info@mountathosarea.org
The feast of monastic products
18
1.6
20:00
Megali Panagia, Holy Virgin Pilgrimage info@mountathosarea.org
The feast of monastic cuisine
19
2.6
20:00
Stratoniki, Agios Nikolaos tou Vounou info@mountathosarea.org
The feast of monastic cuisine
20
3.6
20:00
Ouranoupoli, Athos Bar Restaurant athos.taverna2013@gmail.com
The feast of monastic cuisine
21
4.6
20:00
Ammouliani, Proikonisos sales@proikonisos.gr
The feast of Monastic Confectionery
22
5.6.
20:00
Ouranopoli, Eating & Wandering info@mountathosarea.org
The feast of monastic products
Mount Athos Area Kouzina 2016 Description Fresh fish and seafood, cooked in the most traditional way, highlight the pure taste of the local seafood (Mediterranean) cuisine. A wonderful mouth-watering menu to accompany ouzo gives the opportunity to Michalis Lemoniadi to apply once again his father's Iosif techniques, who created in Ouranoupoli the first tavern of the village that today is a gourmet trademark of the bustling beach. A genuine sea menu with the signature of Vangelis Tousios. Overlooking the harbour and the peninsula the taste of the dishes, based on local sea food will fascinate you. Book your participation now!
Ammouliani has the largest fishing fleet in central Macedonia. This means that the fish offered in the island's restaurants is caught on the same day. Besides, in Ammouliani if a fish was caught yesterday, it is not considered fresh! That is why the inhabitants welcome visitors to the fishing boats of the harbour, where they revive the traditional custom of "gripos", they teach them fishing techniques. The catch comes to the port, where it is grilled on the spot and, accompanied by Athonite tsipouro and wine, it becomes a joyful celebration of the sea! The local housewives will cook seafood in front of the beautiful harbour of the island, delivering cooking classes one after the other: seafood orzo risotto, fried sea anemone, fricassee fish, pies with Athos Gulf herbs, etc. Then they will offer their culinary creations and close the culinary show with songs from their memorable homeland. Don't miss it for anything in the world!
Presentation of a magnificent monastic dinner using the famous "Athos saffron", cultivated in Athonite monasteries. Don't miss it for anything in the world!
Wandering among the blessed products of Mount Athos and Byzantine, religious monuments, that will create the most beautiful gastro-cultural summer memory. An exceptional tour to the cultural monuments of Mount Athos and the culinary habits of its monks! Book your participation now! Your choice will prove you right! Traditional religious kourbania, a practice of Christianized animal sacrifices, based on recipes taken from the local religious tradition. It takes place in the courtyard of the Holy Shrine of Megali Panagia and it is combined with a pilgrimage to the Virgin and participation in the Great Vespers A monastic dinner, which takes place on the slopes of the Aristotelian Mountain, cooked by chef Giota Polychronidou and representatives of local women's associations. Held in the magical courtyard of the Church Agios Nikolaos tou Vounou with incredible views of the bay and Mount Athos, combined with participation in the Great Vespers. Don't miss it! Book your participation now! Original Mount Athos dinner by Miranda Gkioura, which will be followed by Athonite wine tasting. Indeed Metochi of Chromitsa presents original Mount Athos wines, made from the fruit of the vineyards of Mount Athos and by the hands of the monks. Among the many varieties, "Kormilitsa", the official wine of the Cremlin, stands out! The Athonite monk Meliton explains how he creates organic desserts using fruit from Athos. A very special voyage through flavour in the paths of the Sacred State and the Holy Altars of Mount Athos monasteries Wandering among the blessed products of Mount Athos and Byzantine, religious monuments, that will create the most beautiful gastro-cultural summer memory. An exceptional tour to the cultural monuments of Mount Athos and the culinary habits of its monks! Book your participation now! Your choice will prove you right! MOUNT ATHOS AREA ORGANISATION 7
Activities Program S/N
Day
Time
Place / Reservations*
Subject / Menu Title
The Cuisine of the Unforgettable Homelands 23
6.6
20:00
Nea Roda, Central Pier info@mountathosarea.org
The feast of Cappadocia flavours
24
7.6
20:00
Nea Roda, Costa Costa beach bar & mini restaurant kostassym@me.com
The feast of organic oriental desserts
25
8.6
20:00
Ouranoupoli, Alexandros Palace Hotel & Suites alexh@otenet.gr
The feast of eastern spicy flavours
26
9.6
20:00
Ammouliani, Ilianthos info@helianthus.gr
The feast of marzipan flowers!
27
10.6
20:00
Ammouliani, Metochi Restaurant info@alikescamping.gr
The feast of Asia Minor flavours
28
11.6
20:00
Ammouliani, Megali Ammos fish restaurant giotastudio@yahoo.gr
The feast of the Athonite sea
29
12.6
20:00
Ouranoupoli, Theoxenia om.teo@xv-hotels.com
The feast of the Black Sea
Mediterranean Cuisine 30
13.6
20:00
Ouranoupoli, Eagles Palace Resort & Spa info@eaglespalace.gr
The feast of Mediterranean olive oil
31
14.6
20:00
Ouranopoli, Aristoteles Holidays Resort & Spa manager@aristoteles.gr
The feast of Mediterranean flavours
32
15.6
20:00
Ouranoupoli, Aristoteles Holidays Resort & Spa info@mountathosarea.org
The closing feast!
32
15.6
20:00
Ouranoupoli, Alexandros Palace Hotel & Suites info@mountathosarea.org
The closing feast!
Mount Athos Area Kouzina 2016 Description
A great traditional cooking class with inspiration from Cappadocia, delivered by Asia Minor housewives accompanied by music and dances of the East. A throwback to taste, a mental trip to the cuisines of the East and to the home of culinary discoveries. Don't miss it for anything in the world! A lesson in traditional confectionery by Ifigenia Symonidou, who creates preserves and jams, collecting fruits from the fertile land of Nea Roda. The recipes are based on techniques coming from Asia Minor, while her speciality is the "watermelon preserve" which highlights the rich production of the fields in Nea Roda. Later, famous bartenders will take the lead and create fragrant cocktails with these jams and mountovina and also present the signature KOUZINA cocktail. An event not to be missed! Fill out the entry form and join our gang! Traditional cooking lesson, entitled "Constantinople Dolma, Dolma from Asia Minor", where housewives from Ammouliani prepare the famous dolma (stuffed vine leaves) from Constantinople and from Proikonisos and teach how to make them. After the lesson, handmade delicacies will be offered and an authentic feast of Asia Minor will follow. Don't miss it! Another traditional pastry lesson, during which housewives from Ammouliani will teach visitors how to make the original Asia Minor marzipan, an elaborate recipe that was brought by their ancestors from Proikonisos in Asia Minor and is recreated with unprecedented frequency in all Ammouliani households to remind of its roots and habits. A menu brought from the kitchens of Asia Minor and the fragrant ovens of the East, capturing memories, tastes and an aura of times bygone. Fotini Christodoulou encloses in her dishes the gastronomic history of an era! All flavours of the Athonite sea mingle, creating incredible combinations and matching cooking techniques and uses of fresh produce. The smell of the sea, the view on Mount Athos and the sandy Drenia islands inspire Giota Tsakni to create culinary works of art! A cultural and gastronomic meeting of Pontic Greeks of the region. Music, dance and flavour from their unforgettable homelands will end in the best way this special week.
Chefs Dina Nikolaou and Ilias Gkotsis prepared a menu based on "oil and olives from the Mediterranean", marrying oily flavours of local olive groves with Mediterranean products and influences, to create dishes inspired by the colours of Cypriot cuisine and the aromas of the Mediterranean. Sea Food barbecue by the magical pool of Aristoteles Holidays Resort & Spa, overlooking Mount Athos Bay. Pure flavours, local products directly from the Mediterranean sea, fresh seafood and vegetables from the organic garden of Mr Argyris! Don't miss it for anything in the world! Mount Athos Area Kouzina will close as spectacularly as it opened. The closing ceremony includes the famous awards, which are now a top annual local culinary institution. Mount Athos Area Kouzina will close as spectacularly as it opened. The closing ceremony includes the famous awards, which are now a top annual local culinary institution.
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MOUNT ATHOS AREA ORGANISATION 63075 Ouranoupoli, Halkidiki e-mail: info@mountathosarea.org www.mountathosarea.org