AN ARC OF
GREEK FOOD CULTURE
AND TALES

«REAL OLIVE GROVES, AT LAST, REAL PEOPLE, REAL THINGS.»

Odysseus Elytis for Theophilos

THE PRODUCTS

01 We discovered and hereby offer to you the most precious Greek products that nurtured many generations and constitute the pieces that create the mosaic of our culinary memories.

Honeys that come to life on steep wuthering cliffs, honeys gently cooled from the sea breeze, olive oils from the most ancient olive grove in Europe, olive oils from olives that remain unharmed since hand-picked one by one, baklavas that bring blossomed fields to mind, raisins that dry out hanging like regal earrings under sunshades, sour cherry drinks straight out of the kitchen cabinet of our childhood, Smyrna cookies from notebooks found only in one’s family hundred year old treasure chest, and all those blessed products that are truly worth a place in the Arc of Greek Food.

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THE PEOPLE

02 We met and would like to introduce you to the people who serve the creation, the safeguarding as well as the evolution of Greek gastronomy.

The starting point was painter Theofilos whose “bread can fly off his painting and only land in the mouth of good people”. We took off from there and went to meet producers that bring products to life with the responsibility and passion only met when parents raise children, chefs as well as local cooks from the tavernas-“havens” of our lives, domestic nurturers that anonymously nourished families without expecting anything in return, fishermen, bakers, sellers from the farmer’s market and all those officiating at the “Sacred Everydayness”.

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THE STORIES

03 We listened, read and noted down everything that puts in words and describes what food means to the Greek daily life, history and soul.

Proverbs, adages and sayings, local customs and traditions, daily rituals and “peculiar” habits, recipes that are recorded as classics, along with recipes recited by grandmas and papas who use no measurements of ingredients, excerpts from literature and songs, treasures from the folk tradition, testimonies, oral accounts, and all that can fit in the Arc-custodian of the words that describe the Greek culinary life.

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THE TOOLS

04 We catalogued definitions, drew maps, contacted experts in order to develop some basic, practical navigation tools for guidance in the immense, magic Greek gastronomic universe.

We attempt the effort to prepare glossaries from A to Z, to place on maps the products, producers and recipes that compose the numerous, freestanding gastronomic worlds to be found on Greek territory, to plan seminars, to record as many sources possible for one’s further exploration and to overall detect all that can constitute the theoretical background for someone to better comprehend the living experience.

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Stay with us and more products are to follow soon

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Stay with us and more tools are to follow soon

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