Greece’s City of Gastronomy: The Food of Thessaloniki
By Michael Cullen
Recently crowned a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy, Thessaloniki, Greece’s second-largest city, is where history and flavor collide. Its tag as Greece’s food city becomes quickly evident through its café culture, markets, street food, and the overwhelming choice of places to sample the local cuisine.
Thessaloniki is perched on the Thermaic gulf, which has long been recognized as a vital trading hub in the Eastern Mediterranean. It is also a gateway to the Balkans and central Europe due to its strategic location.
Over the last 2,000-plus years, countless peoples, armies, and goods have passed through the city, exposing inhabitants to a vast spectrum of ideas, including culinary ones…
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