{"id":1762,"date":"2010-06-09T20:23:19","date_gmt":"2010-06-10T03:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eatinoc.com\/?p=1762"},"modified":"2014-05-22T11:02:42","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:02:42","slug":"32nd-annual-a-taste-of-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/special-event\/32nd-annual-a-taste-of-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"32nd Annual A Taste of Greece in Irvine"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1766\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1766\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2010\/06\/100_1040.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1766\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/special-event\/32nd-annual-a-taste-of-greece\/attachment\/100_1040\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2010\/06\/100_1040.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;KODAK EASYSHARE M893 IS DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1274899912&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Loukanico, Greek Sausage, the star of the night!\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Grilled homemade Greek Sausage served with Feta Cheese&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Loukanico, Greek Sausage, the star of the night!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2010\/06\/100_1040.jpg\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1766\" src=\"http:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2010\/06\/100_1040-160x106.jpg\" alt=\"Loukanico, Greek Sausage, the star of the night!\" width=\"160\" height=\"106\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loukanico, Greek Sausage, the star of the night!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In just a couple of weeks St. Paul&#8217;s Greek Orthodox Church in Irvine will be holding their 32nd Annual Greek Festival &#8216;A Taste of Greece&#8217;.\u00a0 When you first hear it, you might think it&#8217;s the food festival with a funny name, but I&#8217;m here to tell you they are serious about their food.\u00a0 I was fortunate enough to be invited to a media tasting event a couple of weeks ago hosted by the\u00a0Executive  Chef &amp; Culinary Director for \u201cA Taste of Greece,\u201d  George Kookootsedes.\u00a0 Being that I have very little experience with Greek food I enjoyed the journey through Greece along with the premium Greek wines he served us.\u00a0 Shown below is just a sample of the amazing Greek food that you will be able to feast on.<\/p>\n<p>Festival hours are:<br \/>\n<strong>5 PM to 10 PM on Friday, June 25th<br \/>\nNoon to 10 PM on Saturday, June 26th<br \/>\nNoon to 9 PM on Sunday, June 27th<\/strong><br \/>\nAdmission if just $3 per person with free admission on Saturday from Noon to 5 PM for seniors 65 and older.\u00a0 Children under 10 are free throughout the fair.\u00a0 Free parking will also be available, with complimentary shuttle buses transporting guests from public parking sites in Irvine.<\/p>\n\n<p>It&#8217;s guaranteed to be a fun-filled festival for the whole family with<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Delicious Greek Food, Pastries, and Wine Taverna<\/li>\n<li>Cooking Demonstrations<\/li>\n<li>Greek Folk Dancing Lessons<\/li>\n<li>Games, Carnival Rides, and Church Tours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Location:<br \/>\nSt. Paul&#8217;s Greek Orthodox Chruch<br \/>\n4949 Alton Parkway<br \/>\nIrvine, CA<\/p>\n<p>For more information call 949-733-3102 go to the &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.irvinegreekfest.com\/\">A Taste of Greece<\/a>&#8216; website or find them on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/#!\/IrvineGreekFestival\">Facebook<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In just a couple of weeks St. Paul&#8217;s Greek Orthodox Church in Irvine will be holding their 32nd Annual Greek Festival &#8216;A Taste of Greece&#8217;.\u00a0 When you first hear it, you might think it&#8217;s the food festival with a funny name, but I&#8217;m here to tell you they are serious about their food.\u00a0 I was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[78,90,131,136,141],"class_list":{"0":"post-1762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-special-event","7":"tag-greek","8":"tag-irvine","9":"tag-special-events","10":"tag-street-fairs","11":"tag-things-to-do","12":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgNGWN-sq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1762"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4215,"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1762\/revisions\/4215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}