25th March for Foodies
Greek Independence Day and The Annunciation 25th of March is a Greek National Holiday. A double holiday combining history and religion. It is also called Greek Independence Day because it commemorates the start of the War of Greek Independence in 1821. The same day coincides with the Greek Orthodox Church’s celebration of The Annunciation. Annunciation Day honors […]
Clean Monday or Koulouma for Foodies
Food is one of the most important aspects of Greek everyday life and culture. This is no different in the Greek Orthodox fasting periods. Although Lent – the 40-days fasting pre-Easter – is about mourning and abstinence, there is an abundance of special fasting products available making Lent just another glorious Greek culinary experience. Let’s […]
Food around Athens is in the news!
Food Around Athens is in the news again; #NEWSMAG interviews entrepreneur Rachel Montague. Interview with a woman who decided to invest in Greece. “Food tours are here to stay” Rachel Montague is from England and decided to start her own business in Greece following the new trend of food experiences. That is how the company […]
Win a free tour for foodies in Athens
Free tour anyone? Who says there is no such thing as a free lunch! A New Year has come and we have set new goals and made new plans. Several new tours around Athens are in development and interesting new food shops and food places are ready to be discovered. We are celebrating the arrival […]
Συνέντευξη από μία γυναίκα που αποφάσισε να επενδύσει στην Ελλάδα. “Τα food tours ήρθαν για να μείνουν”
Η Rachel Montague από την Αγγλία αποφάσισε να αρχίσει τη δική της επιχείρηση στην Ελλάδα ακολουθώντας τη νέα τάση των Food Tours. Ετσι γεννήθηκε το Food Around Athens. Ας δούμε τι έχει να μας πει για τα όσα αντιμετώπισε όταν ξεκίνησε την επιχείρησή της.
Its January 2018. Let them eat cake!
Cake is THE food item that cannot be missed at the end of the year in Greece. The New Year is a wonderful time to reflect on the past and set goals for the year ahead. Traditions, resolutions and emotions are abundant. It’s this time of year that in homes of Greeks, both in the […]
Coffee and Melomakarona
Καλα Χριστούγεννα και Καλη Πρωτοχρονιά!
A tour of the best Food Around Athens
Best Food Around Athens? If you are a follower of my Family Experiences Blog, you are probably well aware by now that I love Athens and I love food…In an effort to combine these two passions and to find the best food around Athens, I signed up for a tour with Food Around Athens. A […]
Food Around Athens walks us through Greek history
Food Around Athens walks through Greece Food Around Athens takes you through one of the oldest cities in the world. In the Ancient City, the foundation of Western Civilization was set. Philosophy, medicine, astronomy, democracy, the arts, the gods – all these things were discussed by great thinkers. While their minds and souls hungered for […]