Dishionary – an application that translates local cuisine into travelers’ own languages – was launched by the father-and-son team of Israeli-based publishers who head “Books in the Attic”. This technology comes to break down language barriers for travelers eating in Greece, showing them that there’s more to hellenic cuisine than Greek souvlaki.

“Every time I travel to Greece, which is my favorite place on earth, I am struck by the sheer ignorance of tourists coming into its wonderful taverns and restaurants. The reason is simple – travel guides don’t tell them what to eat and Greek menus leave them at the same point – it’s all Greek to them” said Ilai Melzer, CEO of Dishionary. “That’s why we decided to create a food travel app that covers everything that is delectable in Greek cuisine and makes it available for the non-Greek speaker, in their own language”. Specifically, it offers nine languages – English, Spanish, Russian, Italian, French, Hebrew, Arabic, German and Chinese.

Each Greek dish comes with a picture, it lists ingredients and the history of the dish. Furthermore, it also gives the correct spelling and pronunciation as well as an interactive guide with other travelers who have tried the dish.

The Israeli-based publishers are also known for their series of philosophy books and translations of J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter into Hebrew. The focus on Greek cuisine is just the start with additional cuisines of Italy and Turkey to be available soon.

And the best news yet – the application is 100% free! It is available at http://www.dishionary.com/