Unfortunately you will not have the opportunity to try the monastic kitchen, while the treats on offer are traditional marshmallows and sweets. In Kalambaka and Kastraki enjoy local meats and delicacies like kebabs and kontosouvli. Typical regional specialties which search is the copper pan with pork and pork trahana prasoselino. Essential to the table are the pies as lachanopita, trachanopita, batzina egg batter with zucchini, homemade cassata with feta cheese and leek and pumpkin salty and sweet with rice and cinnamon. Try also fried pork with leeks and salted flour, eggs and red pepper. Sip local wine red or pink, and sweeten yourself with traditional halva, custard, cake, dark chocolate, coconut soutzouki a must, and of course the famous knife of cake and cream that will find ready in the patisserie "Kyveleia" brothers Pampiri Kalambaka (tel: 24320 22392).