By now this is considered a universal fact. Dishes will change from one Mediterranean country to another but the staples remain the same, excellent local olive oils, olives, salads, figs and oranges,...

Tomorrow is the day that the olive harvest begins, weather permitting. The production of extra virgin Greek olive oil of the highest quality will begin with the laying of nets, or in most cases large...

Last Friday, as some of you may know, my koubara commanded the presence of my son and I at dinner in a taveran. We duly attended and I did not even notice the real intention behind it until I heard...

Earlier today I received a call from my koubara, not the avatar, my female koubara, the bossy godmother of my son. Our presence was required at dinner tonight and we must be there. The taverna and...

We still have National Service here in Greece from the age of eighteen. I'm interested to hear if other countries still have national service, if you went through it, what it was like. Maybe you went...

Each year the 28th of October is celebrated with national parades to mark the most important day of the Greek year, OXI day. It is the day in 1940 when Greece entered WW11 when Prime Minister Metaxas...

Living in the land of almost endless sunshine naturally solar panels sit on the roof to heat all the water needs. A wonderful thing as in winters past the sun still comes out for long enough to heat...

Some may like them, some detest them, there seems to be no middle ground with olives. There are two kinds, olives for oil and olives for eating, but did you know that an eating olive directly from...

The avatar here gave me a huge amount of pomegranates the other day, straight from the trees. They aren't as juicy as in previous years so juicing them isn't really an option. My son eats them as...