Monday, June 23

Experiential Language Class in Open Flea Market

Gaea Food tasting and Lunch

Seaside dinner at Mikrolimano, Kastella

 

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The Gaea Foods tasting with Chef Christoforos Peskias, who was on Iron Chef Greece for a short amount of time, was by far the greatest treat of today (pun completely intended). Chef Christoforos gave us a grand showing of how to make the most delicious and mouth-watering: potato salad, revamped Greek salad, shrimp saganaki, and chocolate crème. These dishes all had the common theme of being able to use olive oil in all types of foods. Chef Christoforos also taught us that the Mediterrranean/Greek cuisine consists of five elements: wheat, dairy, salt, wine, and olive oil. Through utilizing these five culinary elements, he emphasizes that they get us in-touch with our five sensory elements.

Shopping in Kifisia was also a cherry on top of an excellent day because not only was the weather beautiful and the shops full of fashion-forward clothing, I found my dress for the President’s Reception on Wednesday. My day was completely made.

Thalia Dimopoulos

 

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Today we went to a cooking class at Different and Different. We were served warm potato salad, alternative greek salad, shrimp saganaki, and chocolate creme with bread, olive oil and salt. The food was incredible! All the plates were drenched in olive oil, which according to Chef Peskias is one of the most important ingredients to any greek dish along with salt, wheat, wine, and dairy. It was such an amazing experience!

Jenna Douvikas

 

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Today, we went to Kifissia to shop and interact with the locals! Our group went into a supermarket to look around and it was so interesting to see just how different it was from a common American grocery store. Jessica Wolfe and I bought books similar to these in order to practice reading greek and to learn more vocabulary words! I can’t wait to read them!!!

Anne Denning