Festival of meatless dishes
12 Dec, a branch of NRU MPEI in Smolensk hosted the festival "the Taste and benefits of meatless dishes". The event was held in the framework of the project of branch "Road to the temple: the revival of traditions of Orthodox power" with the support of the international grant competition "Orthodox initiative 2017-2018". Festival lean cuisine became one of the concluding activities of the project. Over the previous nine months the students were acquainted with the traditions of Orthodoxy, participated in scientific conferences and seminars, competitions for brochures with recipes lean cuisine and Orthodox calendars, master classes on cooking meatless dishes, excursions to memorable places and temples of the Smolensk Diocese. In the festival "the Taste and benefits of meatless dishes" was attended by 10 teams and about a hundred of their fans. The lively reaction of the audience was aroused by the videos of the contestants, which focuses on the process of cooking a particular vegetable meals. The videos were not only informative, but also fun and original student. All festival participants received diplomas, prizes and sweet gifts. And their recipes have been adopted by many spectators and even the members of the jury: there is Filippovsky post, and then recipes of meatless dishes is now particularly relevant.