Workshop between Slovenian and local beekeepers - in the green grove of Agia Paraskevi, Arnea ➡️ Exchange of know-how, ➡️ recommendations, ➡️ presentations, ➡️ live cooking & pastries! with the head chef of the KOUZINA feast, Dina Nikolaou. A meeting, promotes the way of honey production and beekeeping - from Aristotelian times to the present days: local beekeepers' associations and the Beekeepers' Association of Slovenia participate! A communication festival focusing on historical reference and inter-Balkan communication. Closing ceremony in the…

Workshop on the use of lees, which will be delivered by the head chef of KOUZINA, Dina Nikolaou and chef Tasos Paraskevaidis at the fantastic "balcony on the Aegean Sea", on Mount Athos Resort. The lees, i.e. the sediment that remains in the tank or the barrel after the fermentation of the wine, is gaining more and more culinary "followers" among the hotel and restaurant owners of Eastern Halkidiki. It is available from Domaine Agrovision and it is already used…

How could the culinary culture of Tuscany be networked with our own seafood cuisine in the destination of marine abundance - the Athonian gulfs? Easily. In the Athonian Society, where all the gifts of the sea are divinely concentrated, our own seafood production meets the Italian pastes and creates a new, authentic identity in the world's cosmopolitan confusion. In the destination of true stories, culinary myths - between the delicious, the mystical, the mundane and the otherworldly. The Italian visiting…

There are places ↪️ that emit an unadulterated charm, ↪️ that carry eternal stories, ↪️ that tell unique myths, ↪️ that turn descriptions into experience and experience. All indelibly imprinted in albums of travel and culinary memories. Such a place is the Italian Puglia, which is lazily lost in the Adriatic and the Ionian - on the same geographical parallel as Ierissos. There - in the Allure Seaside - opposite the Athonian peak, Puglia and Ierissos meet each other's gastronomy.…

A traditional Sicilian recipe, pasta alla Norma owes its name to "Norma", the famous Sicilian melodrama by Vincenzo Bellini. Her godfather is Nino Martoglio. The legend finds the Sicilian author being excited by the taste of pasta (usually penne) and their eggplant Mediterranean sauce. Then he exclaimed "Norma!", likening their taste to his favorite opera. Today the Sicilian visiting chefs Lorentzo Muratore and Giloramo Cangi present at the Avaton Luxury Villas Resort a Sicilian Norma made with herbs from the…

Pasta con le sarde is a typical dish of Sicilian cuisine.
It is seasonal: it is enjoyed from March to September, when ↪️ in the fish market there are freshly caught sardines and ↪️ wild fennel can be found in the vast fields of the Sicilian hinterland.

There are many variations of this pasta.
According to Sicilian tradition, pasta with sardines was invented by an Arab chef of the general Eufemio da Messina during the Arab military campaign in the area of ​​Syracuse. The cook had to feed the numerous troops, but he was in dire straits, so he had to make a dish with what the place offered him. So he combined the fish, namely sardines, and the flavors of the earth: wild fennel and walnuts. Eufemio's dish is today considered the first "mountain and sea" dish in the history of Mediterranean gastronomy, placing different products (of the sea and the mountain) on the same plate.

Today the Italian visiting chefs Lorentzo Muratore & Girolamo Ganci in collaboration with the executive chef from Mount Athos Resort Tasos Paraskevaides create the Sicilian pasta con le sarde but also a Sicilian pizza full of meaning and tasty scherzo!

Come and Enjoy!

A session - Hymn to the local taverns an to the their unadorned food. To the people working in their kitchens with persistence and targeting. For goodness sake. For fun. For survival. For the tons of local potatoes they peel and fry. For the zuccini balls and fish dishes. For fresh seafood. Today the KOUZINA feast returns to the selected local taverns and honors their food. One of them is the Molos of Allure SeaSide in Ierissos. The Greek visiting…

A session - Hymn to the local taverns an to the their unadorned food. To the people working in their kitchens with persistence and targeting. For goodness sake. For fun. For survival. For the tons of local potatoes they peel and fry. For the zuccini balls and fish dishes. For fresh seafood. Today the KOUZINA feast returns to the selected local taverns and honors their food. One of them is the historical Athos Taverna. The Greek visiting chef and Maria…

A session - Hymn to the local taverns an to the their unadorned food. To the people working in their kitchens with persistence and targeting. For goodness sake. For fun. For survival. For the tons of local potatoes they peel and fry. For the zuccini balls and fish dishes. For fresh seafood. Today the KOUZINA feast returns to the selected local taverns and honors their food. One of them is the romantic Karavopetra. The Greek visiting chef and Christos prepare…

It was in 1793 when the French Consul of Thessaloniki Esprit-Marie Cousinéry visited Mademochoria. According to what is written in the book entitled "A trip to Halkidiki in 1793" by Stefanos Kotsianos, the French visitor was really impressed by a wedding, was held in Arnea. He refers to it in a particularly illustrative and flattering way. We will join this revival in Arnea today - after the holy liturgy. The bride is prepared and adorned with local songs - the…

A session - Hymn to the local taverns an to the their unadorned food. To the people working in their kitchens with persistence and targeting. For goodness sake. For fun. For survival. For the tons of local potatoes they peel and fry. For the zuccini balls and fish dishes. For fresh seafood. Today the KOUZINA feast returns to the selected local taverns and honors their food. One of them is the brutal THE ZORBA's THE GREEK FIRE PLACE. The Greek…

Azeri music; Dance with Azeri dervishes; Yes, but in Ammouliani! A magical four days of THE ARISTOTELIAN EVENTS, dedicated to Azerbaijan culture starts today in Eastern Halkidiki! The eternal dance tradition of Azerbaijan, a Caucasus country, is presented by dance groups of Baku, balancing between the classical and the modern, the traditional and the cosmopolitan. Their KOUZINA with grilled meats and home made bread impresses! It is influenced by the KOUZINA of Pontus and the Greek homelands. Experience it!

Azeri music; Dance with Azeri dervishes; Yes, but in Olympiada! A magical four days of THE ARISTOTELIAN EVENTS, dedicated to Azerbaijan culture is being held in Eastern Halkidiki! The eternal dance tradition of Azerbaijan, a Caucasus country, is presented by dance groups of Baku, balancing between the classical and the modern, the traditional and the cosmopolitan. Their KOUZINA with grilled meats and home made bread impresses! It is influenced by the KOUZINA of Pontus and the Greek homelands. Experience it!

Azeri music; Dance with Azeri dervishes; Yes, but in Stratoni! A magical four days of THE ARISTOTELIAN EVENTS, dedicated to Azerbaijan culture is being held in Eastern Halkidiki! The eternal dance tradition of Azerbaijan, a Caucasus country, is presented by dance groups of Baku, balancing between the classical and the modern, the traditional and the cosmopolitan. Their KOUZINA with grilled meats and home made bread impresses! It is influenced by the KOUZINA of Pontus and the Greek homelands. Experience it!

Azeri music; Dance with Azeri dervishes; Yes, but in Megali Panagia! A magical four days of THE ARISTOTELIAN EVENTS, dedicated to Azerbaijan culture is being held in Eastern Halkidiki! The eternal dance tradition of Azerbaijan, a Caucasus country, is presented by dance groups of Baku, balancing between the classical and the modern, the traditional and the cosmopolitan. Their KOUZINA with grilled meats and home made bread impresses! It is influenced by the KOUZINA of Pontus and the Greek homelands. Experience…

Dances of the Vlachs and the Sarakatsans, coming from the nearby region of Serres - being held in a stone square (of Varvara) in the heart of the Aristotelian Mountain! Slow and robust dances. Heavy, humbly plumed costumes (to protect against the cold weather). Dresses! Figures from the first dancer. Manly. Strong. Steady steps. Contact with the earth. The soul sows. Greece everywhere! Macedonia and great origin! Syrtos of three, Kaltsa, Double, Stavrotos, ... all the dances of the Macedonian…

Dances of the Vlachs and the Sarakatsans, coming from the nearby region of Serres – being held in a colorful square (of Paleochori) in the heart of the Aristotelian Mountain! Slow and robust dances. Heavy, humbly plumed costumes (to protect against the cold weather). Dresses! Figures from the first dancer. Manly. Strong. Steady steps. Contact with the earth. The soul sows. Greece everywhere! Macedonia and great origin! Syrtos of three, Kaltsa, Double, Stavrotos, … all the dances of the Macedonian…