Coletura di Alci is a Spaghetti Dish made with a modern Descendant of Roman Garum Working on the menu for the upcoming three weeks of sailing in September is fun. We want to eat local food. What is the point of travelling around the world if we eat what we get at home? Time to dive into the cuisine of Campania. It reads like a history book. Food from Campania is a heritage of ancient Greek and  Roman dishes combined with Arab, Norman and Spanish influences. There is so much t

The well preserved Greek Temples in Paestum attract every summer Thousands of Tourists The piece I wrote two days ago showed a photo of the Castello Aragonese di Agropoli . A few kilometers north of it lies Paestum, a town founded by Greek colonists from Sybaris in 600 BC. Its original name was Poseidonia. Pictures of Paestum made me wonder why the town had such big temples. Three of them are well preserved and attract thousands of tourists every summer. They are almost as la

Mount Etna in the Evening seen from the North - His standard Plume stronger than normal When Apostle Paul sailed along Sicily’s east coast on his way to Rome in 60 AD, he must have noticed Mount Etna and possibly the many vineyards on the slopes. The mountain is huffing and puffing since people remember. Wine was planted on its slopes after Greek settlers arrived in the 8 th century BC. The colonist cleared slopes, built terraces and introduced irrigation. For them, wine was

The Wine Region of Patras overlooks the Gulf of Corinth My recent piece about Cretan wines made me discover that there are lots of...

Summer Salad with Oranges, Goat Cheese & Olives My fever over the last three days disrupted my blogging. Being sick is always boring....

Whenever I write a sailing plan for summer, I make a mental note to talk about local cuisine. The food pieces in my blogs helped me to...

One of the first things you notice when arriving in Crete is the sheer number of olive trees. Greece produces about 250’000 tons of olive...

Aggelakis Winery 10 km south of Heraklion in Crete The Minoan civilization, Europe’s first, fascinates me since I visited Crete in 1979....

With the dying afternoon breeze, a Roman Cordita glides into the port of Myra, where several large freighters already shelter for the...

In Antiquity, Cyprus was famous for its copper and olive oil. It also had a reputation for producing excellent wines. According to the...

We are used to see flags everywhere and believe we know how they look like. Until we are asked details. Is the red colour used for the...

Mezzes - served throughout the Middle East and the Balkans are a prominent dish in Cyprus Knowing that Cyprus was a vassal to Phoenicia,...

Writing about the daily life of a Roman sailor made me wonder what goods the Corbita cargo boats actually shipped in their bellies. Every...

Tutankamun's Death Mask - the Blue Stripes are a Lapis Lazuli Imitation Paste In my Augustus blog a few days ago, I talked about Egypt...

Sailboats outside Toulon, probably as we on the Way to Marseille or Cassis There was something unusual this morning at 05.45 am. It was...

Lavender Field near the Village of Sault - at the Back is Mont Ventoux, the biker challenge One of the pleasures in life is spraying...

A few weeks ago I wrote a blog about Herbes de Provence. Unexpectedly, it led me to several research pieces and YouTube clips on medical...

For the past few months, I delayed writing about Mallorquin Cuisine. Wanted to do it closer to the date of sailing hoping that my...

Can’t write about La Provence without mentioning Herbes the Provence, a vital ingredient of modern cuisine. Learned about these aromatic...

These Peppers were sold in the Cours Saleya, Nice' weekly market One of the pleasures of being in France are the weekly village and town...