Santorini’s Gastronomy Initiative To Be Presented In Thessaloniki

The Municipality of Thira will introduce the “2013 Year Of Gastronomy in Santorini” initiative to the city of Thessaloniki next week at a special event at the Science Center and Technology Museum “NOESIS.”

Santorini has proclaimed 2013 as the “Year Of Gastronomy in Santorini” and will promote its local products and dishes as a pole of attraction for tourists.

The event will be held on Wednesday, 10 April, at 6pm and the various aspects of the initiative will be presented by:

• Anastasios Nikolaos Zorzos, Thira Mayor
• Christos Doumas, Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology, University of Athens; Director of Excavations at the Prehistoric Settlement of Akrotiri, Thira
• Mihalis Fitikas, President of the Institute for the Study and Monitoring of the Santorini Volcano
• Katerina Traka, National Agricultural Research Foundation

The keynote speaker of the event will be Christos Doumas, who will speak on the “Eating habits in Thira during the Bronze Age.”

A tour of the “AEGEAN-The birth of an archipelago” exhibition will follow at NOESIS museum.

For more on the “2013 Year Of Gastronomy in Santorini” initiative, press here.