Trip Highlights:
Chef Hosts: Ana Sortun of Oleana and Sofra Restaurants, Cambridge, MA, and Cassie Piuma, Sarma Restaurant, Somerville, MA
Expert Hosts: Aglaia Kremezi and Costas Moraitis, Kea Artisanal
- Cooking classes with Chefs Ana and Cassie, both followed by a dinner
- Market tour in Nicosia, with a cooking demonstration and lunch at the home of a Cypriot cookbook author and television personality
- Visit to the Cathedral of St John and the market in Nicosia
- Visit to Nicosia’s Cypru Museum featuring treasures from the Stone Age and Bronze Age civilizations through the late Roman Empire
- Travel to the Tseri Village to enjoy the traditional Kleftiko goat, slow-baked in the closed, wood-fired oven at Klatsimpampas Taverna
- Visit to Nicosia’s Handicrafts Center, where traditional folk art and crafts are produced (embroidery and lace making, tapestry, weaving, basketry, woodcarving, pottery, metalwork leather, and garment making)
- Walking tour of Limossol
- Guided tour of the ancient city kingdom of Kourion, a world-class archaeological site
- Winery visit with tasting, followed by lunch at Apokryfo, a hotel and restaurant in the mountains
- Guided visit to a goat farm producing halloumi, as well as to learn from a producer of carob
- A visit and seafood lunch in Paphos, especially to to see the western end of the island and visit the spectacular UNESCO Heritage archaeological site in Paphos
- Specially created meals to illustrate the delicious cuisine of Cyprus
