Cretan Diet Festival 2022
Thursday 7 July 2022
19:00 - 23:00 Local Products Exhibition
19:30 - 20:30 "Tales at the edge of memory"
“Fairy tales at the edge of memory”. Fairy tales mean consolation. Animals, birds, trees, and even inanimate objects take a mythic proportion, storytelling from a bygone era.
Fairy tales from Asia Minor Folklore as narrated by someone, somewhere, once… , accompanied by oud and qanun. Fairy tales narrated: The golden bird, The Female eagle, The little lion,
Avesalom, The hunter’s son, Dill Dill
Narration: Amanta Geramaki –
Oud: Kinakos Eleftheriadis-
Qanun Fanis Kousounielos
A workshop follows.
19:30 - 20:30 Tour of the Rethymno diet before and after the arrival of the refugees from Asia Minor
Tour around Rethymno cuisine before and after the arrival of the refugees of Asia Minor.
The tour of the gastronomy of the natives and refugees of Rethymno during the 1920s includes numerous stops in grocery stores, food shops, ouzeri, and cafes in the street food.
and in charity food courts. Each stop is combined with a historical report, white the tour ends in the Municipal Garden with a projection of images of that era.
Animation: Haris Stratidakis, history researcher, and author of the book “Food of Rethymno”.
20:00 - 20:30 Taste memories by Ozlem Pelagia Tsega.
An architectural method of the Ottomans was to mix sand, straw and egg white to build strong buildings.
This method was then transferred to the palace kitchen. They made the big fish in coarse salt, mixed with egg white in the oven to please the Sultan.
20:30 - 21:30 Projection: Culinary habits and taste memories in Rethymno of the 1920s.
The projection describes the situation in Rethymno before the critical year of 1922. This was followed by the arrival of 4,200 Cristian refugees and the departure of an almost equal number
of Muslims, movements that changed the diet, the primary production, the trade and catering services, and the family table.
The osmosis of the two worlds that took place led to a new Rethymno generally and in particular in the food sector.
Animation: Haris Stradidakis, history researcher, and author of the book “Food of Rethymno”.
21:30 Concert with "toPos" and Spitadaki Matthaia.
Kaloriziko and... Let's catch topos!
With elements from Cretan sousta, traditional vocals, pop, rock, and new age folk “Topos” group brings something fresh but also familiar, a blend of traditional and modern sounds. It is a mainstream project, a Greek
project with world elements. It is the new trend of New age folk…!
Voice: Mattia Spitalaki
Keyboards/bass: Eleni Alexandonaki
Electric guitar: Argyris Exarcho
Drums: Philippos Zeibekoglou
Vangelis Mamalakis on the lute
