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We’ve been hearing quite a bit about Chile in the past few weeks – unfortunately it wasn’t good news. One of the largest earthquakes ever recorded, 700 – 800 times stronger than the Haitian quake …
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Chilean wines have become increasingly well known throughout the world – making a significant impact only in the past few decades. The climate here varies from the heat of the dry, rocky, mountainous desert in …
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Every year the Emperor of the Incas solemnly picked up a spade of gold and planted the first quinoa seed – it was sacred and known as the mother grain. To this day, in the altiplano, …
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Edible vanillin (vanilla planifolia) is native to Mexico and is now widely grown throughout the tropics but Madagascar is the world’s largest producer. Vanilla pompona and Vanilla tahitiensis are grown in Tahiti and Niue even …
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Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is an ancient spice and was used over 4000 years ago in Vedic cooking and religious rituals. It belongs to the ginger family and is native to the tropical parts of South …
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In Ancient Greece and Rome, bay leaves and branches were used as wreaths to crown winners and garlands of bay leaves were used at the Olympic Games. The word, baccalaureat refers to laurel berries …
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Cooking without spices seems unthinkable and unbearably boring – so, because we’ve already covered salt and pepper recently, we’ve decided to continue in this vein and include spices on the shopping list. The use of spices …
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The Greeks believe that eating out and sharing one’s meal is as important as the food itself – it’s known as paraia – and in Lawrence Durrell’s words, it’s a transcendence of the dinner table …
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Around 400 BC, the Greeks often held banquets like the Symposium where much was discussed and wine was consumed in vast quantities. The affair started in the early evening when the host’s wife and his …
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The Capital of Greece is Athens and it is here where democracy was first debated and then born, where the wise men of old first developed the basics of education, medicine and law and it …
