Cretan Diet Festival 2019
Free Entrance
19:00-23:00 Local Food Trade Show
19:00-21:00 Children's Programme
«Aloe and prickly pear»
Learn more about these two unique Cretan products that improve your health and general wellbeing. It is the ultimate combination of vitamins which shields and heals our body from many diseases. We will approach them through sensory games and with the valuable help of our nutritionist.
Speaker: Haris Haronitis-nutritionist
20:00 CRETE DURING THE MINOAN ERA
- Μinoan Tastes by Jerolyn Morrison
Dr Jerolyn Morrison and Mrs Evi Christoulaki will be happy to welcome you! Dr Morrison is a potter, anthropologist and archaeologist living and working in Crete since 1997. Mrs Evi Christoulaki is from Rethymno and has recently finished her studies in Business and Alternative Tourism.
Minoan cooking constitutes a unique culinary experience, a trip in Minoan culture and history of Crete. We use a slow cooking process in Minoan-style ceramic cooking pots. Our favourite recipes are lentils with coriander and honey, lamb with xinohondros and sage, pork with fruits!
- "What did the Minoans drink?"
Members of the Recevin present the long journey of the ancient Cretan varieties Dafni-Plyto through time.
21:00 Traditional Cretan music and dances from the “Arkadi” dance group.
Music performed by Michalis Pavlakis and his band
21:30 Mariella Vitorou & Spyros Xenitopoulos "Walk in the Neighbourhoods of the World"
Mariella Vitorou and Spyros Xenitopoulos along with Giannis Kiagiadakis-piano, Zacharias Dramountanis-bass and Christos Sagient-drums perform songs from the Greek and international music scene now and then.
