Thessaloniki finds itself at the centre of a gastronomic revolution. Driven not by culinary kudos but by a desire to help others, a group of talented chefs have given birth to a new stripped-down food scene: gastro-collectivism.<\/p>\n
The movement began with Greece\u2019s debt crisis over the last decade, which left a quarter of young people unemployed. The lack of work in cities had encouraged many Greeks back to the countryside, where they were learning to cultivate the land once again. While the economic machine was collapsing around them, vegetables were ripening and wild greens pushing up through the ground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WHY THIS YOUTHFUL PORT CITY HAS BECOME ONE OF THE BEST FOODIE DESTINATIONS IN GREECE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","destinations-greece","destinations-thessaloniki","subcategories-chefs","subcategories-local-flavours","subcategories-restaurants","inspirations-city","inspirations-food-drink"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n