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Ancient  Greek Dinner in Olive Grove

Food Odyssey: A Historical Culinary Tour of Chania 

Dining in Ancient Crete

Ancient Greek Cooking Class in Olive Grove

The lesson takes place in a 300-year-old olive grove, just 5 km from the city of Chania. Before you get stuck in, you'll try a variety of rusks, traditional Cretan cheese and Cretan herbal tea. You will then explore the history of cheese making and learn how to make rennet, vinegar and plant-based cheese curds. You'll re-create an ancient Greek goat's and sheep cheese recipe!

Mariana will then guide you through the many stages of making different types of breads - from making sourdough to kneading and from baking to using the bread as an ingredient in various dishes. The class is based on period cookbooks and other primary sources.  The breads are baked on hot stones, in a replica of a 5th century pnigeus (portable earthenware oven), on a replica of a Byzantine portable grill and in the heat of a traditional wood fired oven.


The Ancient Art of Making Bread & Cheese

Takes place in a 300-year-old olive grove

Fascinating class on the cooking methods used in Ancient Greece 

Bake bread on hot stones and then eat it! 

They are made with goat's and sheep's milk, fig sap and vinegar

Two kinds of fresh cheese

 Cheese 

Bread baked on hot stones
Bread baked in a replica of a 5th century portable oven
Bread baked in ashes and on a replica of Byzantine gril

Different kinds of bread

Bread

It is  covered with tomato, onions etc and is baked in the heat of a wood fired oven.

Traditional pita bread 

Pita

The ''lazy woman's'' cheese pie

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I am an experimental food archaeologist-food historian, who recreates Greek historical recipes using ancient or modern techniques for spectacular food events.

In 2009 I founded  'Greek Culinary History & Cooking Adventures' to create interactive, edible experiences that bring historical Greek gastronomy to life through synesthesia (union of the senses) as well as explore the relationship between art and food. 

My work takes many forms, including pop-up dinners, experiments, lectures, historic cooking courses, edible installations, and food walking tours. On the walking tours, we do not only eat, we also explore the tales behind the foods and the preparation of each food item. 

I am the author of a Gourmand award-winning cookbook, The Language of Taste, which is a dictionary (in Gr.) of the history and culture of Greek food and the founder and organizer of the biennial Symposia of Greek Gastronomy (conference).

The Ancient Art of Making Bread & Cheese

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