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Olives
Soultana-Maria Valamoti Olives have grown around the Mediterranean for millennia. Fossilised olive leaves dating back roughly 40,000 years have been…
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Olive oil
Soultana-Maria Valamoti Olives, prized since time immemorial by the peoples of the Mediterranean, produce a truly invaluable oil which is…
Meat, Poultry and Eggs in the Mediterranean Diet
The traditional Greek Mediterranean diet is one of the healthiest and most balanced diets in the world. Meat has a…
Lentils with bulbs – volvophakí
Soultana-Maria Valamoti A time-honoured legume, the lentil has been a component of human diets in Greece since the 7th millennium…
Chickpeas
Soultana-Maria Valamoti The earliest chickpeas used as food by prehistoric humans have been found in northwestern Syria and date back…
Bread rolls with flaxseed
Soultana-Maria Valamoti Cereals – wheat and barley – have been and continue to be staple components of the diet of…
Grass pea fava
Soultana-Maria Valamoti The genus Lathyrus, known as grass pea, is represented in Greece by many different species. Some of these…
Lathouri salad – the kamplies or papoules of Crete
Soultana-Maria Valamoti Legumes, a primary source of protein for prehistoric societies in Greece, as well as for those of historical…
Barley porridge: the renowned ptisani of ancient Greek doctors
Soultana-Maria Valamoti In Greece, barley was a key crop cultivated by the first farming communities as early as the 7th…
Broad beans (Vicia faba)
Soultana-Maria Valamoti Broad beans belong to the group of legumes first domesticated in the Near East, and their cultivation later…