{"id":271777,"date":"2020-02-20T17:17:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T15:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=271777"},"modified":"2020-02-20T17:24:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T15:24:05","slug":"father-epiphanios-of-mylopotamos-from-mount-athos-to-the-culinary-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/father-epiphanios-of-mylopotamos-from-mount-athos-to-the-culinary-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Father Epiphanios of Mylopotamos: From Mount Athos to the Culinary Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Father Epiphanios of the Great Lavra\u2019s Mylopotamos Cell, who is surnamed the Athonite Chef, participated this month, together with a team of Greek chefs, in the IKA\/Culinary Olympics in Stuttgart, Germany.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The team won the bronze medal in the category \u201cCommunity Catering\u201d with seven dishes inspired by the Macedonian culinary tradition, including zucchini and herb pie, a local fish dish, yogurt with honey, and jam with raspberries and beetroot.<\/p>\n<p>The IKA\/Culinary Olympics is the oldest, largest and most diverse international culinary arts competition in the entire world.<\/p>\n<h4>Father Epiphanios<\/h4>\n<p>Father Epiphanios is perhaps the most famous Athonite monk together with Abbot Ephraim of Vatopedi, but for quite different reasons.<\/p>\n<p>A connoisseur of the wines produced from the Athonite vineyards and exported all over Europe, Father Epiphanios is also a talented cook with international recipes and the best ambassador of Athonite cuisine abroad.<\/p>\n<p>He enjoyed hearts and stomachs in France, Italy, UK, Spain, Germany, and elsewhere in the world.<\/p>\n<p>He cooked at the renowned restaurants all across Europe at the invitation of famous chefs, while his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Books-Monk-Epiphanios-Mylopotamos\/s?ie=UTF8&amp;page=1&amp;rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3AThe%20Monk%20Epiphanios%20of%20Mylopotamos\">book<\/a>\u00a0about the cuisine of the \u2018Garden of the Mother of God\u2019 was translated and published in seven languages.<\/p>\n<p>Only at the feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos held at Ivirion Monastery he cooks 2.5 tons of fish each year for 4,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of Newsit.gr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Father Epiphanios of the Great Lavra\u2019s Mylopotamos Cell, who is surnamed the Athonite Chef, participated this month, together with a team of Greek chefs, in the IKA\/Culinary Olympics in Stuttgart, Germany. 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