Tzviki Eshet, Greco to lead culinary journeys following Greek cuisine to Athens, island of Kea

• Published date: 18 April 2024
• Author: EYAL ROM
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

This is a 4-day journey that will begin on Friday, May 24 with an early landing in Athens and will close late at night on Monday, May 27. The main event will take place in Athens and its surroundings, where Eshet and the Greco team promise to reveal to the participants restaurants and taverns hidden from view where mostly the locals hang out

An in-depth tour will be conducted in the huge food market of Athens and the port city of Piraeus - which guarantees an encounter with artisanal producers based on long-standing production traditions.

They will also go through the provinces around Athens and discover the extensive culinary scene that takes place there. In order to get to know the real raw materials, the Greeks' "asli," the journey will pass through various points, among them: in the ancient bakery in Greece, a fourth generation of traditional baking.

They will visit a winery that specializes in the production of Retsina wine and in order to explore the taste of the sea, they will arrive at a secret tavern located on the shore of a magical cove, where everything on the plate has risen an hour earlier from the sea. And how is it possible without Greek music? There will be a lot of it too, in several genres that make the heart happy.

The rural cuisine of Greece will also receive attention when the group goes for a full day to the island of Kea (about an hour and a quarter sailing from Athens). The first part of the...