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...

This Bottle of Rosé from Portquerolle made it to St Barthélémy . Describing Rosé from the Provence feels like carrying water into the...

Fresh Goat Cheese with Zucchini and Olive Oil does not require Cooking but is so good During our first two weeks of sailing, we follow...

The Can Ribas Vinery with the Tramutana Mountains at the back Wanted to write about Ligurian Food and Wine in this blog but then...

Until recently, Beziers was a place on the map I only knew from passing by. It was where I had to exit the A7 motorway and turn north to...

In several of my previous blogs I mentioned that Greek settlers brought olives to the Ligurian shore around 600 BC. Time to talk about...