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The Greek yogurt is treasured for its flavour, its texture, its consistency and the quality of its proteins. Many of the qualities has made this product famous around the world that has broken all sales records and where the consumption has grown considerably in recent years. However, to achieve this perfect recipe, a large amount of food waste is generated in the form of liquid whey. Compared with the traditional product, Greek yogurt undergoes a very slow third filtration ’round’, which generates large quantities of acid whey that goes into the garbage. Recently a group of researchers, engineers and microbiologists…
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Do you know that great feeling when you come back from a vacation and you don’t feel like breaking the scale in half? After indulging for almost two weeks in the best of what the Mediterranean diet and lifestyle have to offer, I was delighted when I returned home lighter than when I left! I first discovered the Mediterranean diet about 10 years ago when I was involved in producing content both about Greece and about healthy living. The more I researched, the more I realized that two topics blend in very well. It was then when I decided to…
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The religion that is predominant in Greece is orthodox Christian that is recognize with that category of “predominant” in the Greek Constitution but it is also recognized the liberty of religion. It is stimated that between 88%-98% of the population is considered orthodox. Within the orthodox celebrations, Easter is undoubtedly one of the most important festivals in Greece, where traditional events that are typical of these dates are combined with the occasion to meet with family and friends. Although it is true that many Greeks practice fasting at these dates, these meetings place gastronomy at the center of all the festivities,…
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Greece is considered as a big player in olive oils and table olives, ranking in the first positions of world production of both products. In fact, the olive cultivation takes place in 50 of the 54 municipalities of the country, being the zone of greater production the Peloponnese and Crete (also known as the island of the olive trees). Among all the varieties of table olives produced by Greece one of them stands out, the Kalamata olives, known around the world, are increasingly used by chefs and cooks to make their dishes. These olives can be consumed at any of…
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One of the authentic cultural elements of any region is gastronomy. The distinctive character of the “taste of the kitchen” is often related to the quality characteristics of its society, all the time it “reveals” information relating to its cultural history and the economy. It is precisely the Greeks, who establish the basis of gastronomy as we know it today, since it is in this civilization that the important figure emerges the cook who elaborates sophisticated dishes, unusual and novel, in short, a new way of understanding the kitchen and living in society in banquets, travel and wars. Also, appears…
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