The University of Maryland in Peloponnese
Study of gastronomic destinations based on the Greek-Mediterranean diet
After years of hard work the team of the Alternative Tourism: Grecopaths managed to organize successfully the multi day-gastronomical. Study program in Greece, on behalf of the University of Maryland to visit Peloponnese, department of Food Science and Nutrition.
The group of 12 students & 2 teachers met not only the beautiful nature of Peloponnese and its monuments. They visited the small producers as well.
Their products had high nutritional value and they have been award for their quality. The students had the chance to experience, all those information that they learned theoretically such as. Methods of production, cultivation, raw materials, tasting directly from the producer’s field on their plate.
Their detailed 15 days program included:
Firstly,
In Athens and its surroundings the group had food tasting of the Greek eclectic traditional products-dishes in a selected restaurants and delicatessen shops.
Furthermore scientific speeches, were held in cooperation with the Kapodistrian University and the Hellenic Health foundation.
In addition they visited a thematic park of herbs focusing on healing herbs and herbs of the Holy Bible.
A guided scientific tour was held from an agriculturalist organic farmer & they tasted tea of herbs and cool fruits with amazing creations-food style,
by Chef Kokkalas Panos
Continue on with a base the city of Nafplio, were held one day excursions in the following places:
Corinth, Epidaurus, Argos, Tolo, Mycenae, Maladreni, Nemea, Arachneo, Sparta, Kalamata, islands of Ydra & Spetses
The students of the department of Food science and Nutrition , learned about and tasted some of the following Greek products:
Olive oil, olives, wine, feta cheese, gruyere, handmade pasta, salmon, brown trout, sturgeon, tomatoes, cucumbers, honey, vineyard and more.
The olive oil museum of Sparta it was the hot spot of the olive oil tour and the founding group of Piraeus bank , they offered a deep knowledgeable guided tour to the students.
In addition,
Walking tours, theatrical games, dance, herbs, cooking lessons, became one with history, culture and the whole offered program.
Finally, the bishop of Argolis prefecture, honorable Nektarios, bind the visit of the students giving them their certifications for this experiential program specialized in the Greek- Mediterranean diet &offered his English written book to all of them.
Special thanks to all our partners who helped for this program.
Specifically :Gerodisdis Giannis, Rozis Georgios,Anastasios Mallios, Mavroidis Giannis, Gianna Balafouti,Athanasopoulos Anastasios, Loulousis Dimitrios,Ioulia Xirogianni, Theodora Kalogerakou, Katerina Kalaintzi, Xristos Madas, Thanos Vaiopoulos-Herbaland Garden Mole, Bakery Topouzoglou, restaurants: En Chatip, souvlomagies
