
TEHRANIran prepares to hold a gastronomy conference concerning the ancient Silk Road, for which it served a significant function for centuries, stated Director General of UNESCOs Food and Gastronomy Club Mohammad Babareza.He also said that Iran ranks initially in regards to food variety worldwide, ISNA reported.We plan to hold Florida Atlantic University (FAU) courses with a technique to study Iranian restaurants and cafes.
In addition, introducing the Caravan of Food and Gastronomy Club, and preparing the premises for holding a Silk Road gastronomy conference are the other upcoming plans.He called specifying the goals of UNESCOs Food and Gastronomy Club in Iran, valuing the documentary themed Saffron and directed by Ebrahim Mokhtari, inking Memoranda of Understanding with Kish Institute of Science and Technology, Iranian Food Science and Technology Association and Mashhad University of Medical Sciences as the other procedures carried out in recent years.Unveiling Iran Culinary Tourism Atlas, holding joint events with Friendship associations of Iran with Germany, Croatia, Hungary, Greece, South Korea, India, Malaysia, Uganda, Uruguay, and Mexico.He stated correspondence with Federation of UNESCO Clubs for cooperation of gastronomy clubs especially Silk Road, International Training Centers such as Michelin and Kordon bleu, development of Architecture Department, Department of Science and New Technologies as the other activities.Babareza continued that UNESCOs Food and Gastronomy Club prepares to hold the first exposition of Iranian items such as pomegranate, pistachio, caviar, barberry and saffron, award the cooking tourist location title, hold competitors on diplomacy of tastes, and hold food events for Iranian and ethnic groups.Unfortunately, Iranian food does not have impressive status worldwide due to bad publicity and wrong introduction, he mentioned.He stated a project themed UNESCO culinary and gastronomy caravan, the recipes of cooking Iranian foods and making conventional beverages will be implemented lively.The cooking caravan relocations from Rasht as the Eighth UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy with 188 food and dessert recipes and ends in Chabahar with 114 food and dessert recipes, he concluded.KD.
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