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You can see and taste for yourself during Louisville's Greek Festival 2008 produced by about 80 members of the Assumption Greek Orthodox Church.
The 20th annual festival opens today and expects to delight more than 20,000 visitors with Greek music, costumed dancers, gift booths and a luscious array of food and pastries through Sunday on the Belvedere in downtown Louisville.
Tables will be set up under a huge tent for dining, relaxing, dancing, live music and protection from inclement weather. Wine, beer and soft drinks will be sold.
Once again, Lee Nourtsis and his Neo Ehos Band from Cincinnati will take center stage playing lively bouzouki music. The Pegasus Dancers -- a local, authentically costumed troupe -- also will perform.
Of course, the highlight of the festival is the taste of Greece with all the Mediterranean trimmings. The motto is "There's only one Greek restaurant in Louisville but it's only open three days a year."
This "restaurant" will serve those aforementioned dishes plus more recognizable fare that includes gyro sandwiches ($5.50), lamb shank dinner ($11, with salad, rice and green beans), Greek salad with feta cheese and olives ($2 small and $3 large), baked chicken with beans or rice ($4) and baklava ($2).
These are among the traditional dishes:
Moussaka, $4, a layered dish with ground beef, eggplant and potatoes.
Pastitsio, $4, a Greek-style macaroni casserole with seasoned ground beef and a light cheese sauce.
Dolmathes, $3, for three grape leaves stuffed with ground beef and rice. A meatless version costs $3.50 for five.
Spanakopita, $2.50, phyllo stuffed with spinach and feta cheese.
Karidopita, $1.50, walnut cake soaked in honey.
Returning for another high-caloric obstacle to your diet are the baklava sundaes ($3.50) made with vanilla ice cream massaged by pieces of honey-rich and nutty baklava.
"Culturally, Greeks display their affection or appreciation through food, with large portions and lots of laughter," said Emily Digenis, church member and festival spokeswoman, who has helped roll 7,000 dolmathes for the festival.
Organizers are quick to point out that despite the high cost of fuel and food, menu prices and portions have remained the same as last year.
Other festival attractions include a Greek grocery store, children's activities and arts and crafts displays.
As they say back home: Kali orexi.
In other words, bon app
IF YOU GO
Greek Festival 2008
When: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. today and tomorrow; noon to 7 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Belvedere at Fifth and Main streets.
Admission: $2 (free for ages 8 and under).
Parking: Free tomorrow and Sunday in the city garage on Sixth Street just south of Main Street. A big sign will be posted at the garage.
Information: www.assumption.ky.goarch.org
British and American researchers found the latest study, the Mediterranean-style diet and exercise can adhere to longevity.
The so-called Mediterranean diet is that the people of countries along the Mediterranean diet, vegetables, fruits, fish, beans and olive oil, and other mainly.
According to British media reports on the 12th, the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and the United States National Cancer Institute researchers in the United Kingdom and the United States 560,000 over the age of 50 to 71-year-old who conducted a survey. Researchers in five years time, eat large amounts of vegetables, beans, fruits, nuts, grains, fish and meat were carried out analysis and study, found that strict adherence to the Mediterranean-style diet and the mortality rates of all types of people are dropped. Men die of cardiovascular disease risk reduced by 22 percent, died of cancer risk reduced by 17 percent of women die of cardiovascular disease risk reduced by 21%, died of cancer risk reduced by 14%.
On the exercise of investigation and study discovered that almost every day adhere to more than 30 minutes moderate exercise, such as walking or gardening work done, premature death (from an average of death before the age of) 27 percent lower risk; three times a week, each at least 20 minutes to do high-intensity exercise, to reduce the risk of premature death 32 percent a week adhere to moderate movement of more than seven hours, reducing the risk of premature death 39 percent.
Research on the subject of investigation, including obesity and smoking. Research shows that even if they do not lose weight or quit smoking, as long as adhere to the Mediterranean-style diet and exercise, can reduce mortality.
Additional information:
From www.courier-journal.com:
The Official Website of Emilia Klapp and Your Heart Needs the Mediterranean Diet. It explains what the mediterranean life style is, prevent.
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