The ancient Greeks used to make a wide variety of breads, as they considered it to be of great importance in their eating habits.
Wheat, considered a gift from the goddess Demeter, was highly valued by the Greeks, who particularly...
Modern chefs have been recreating bread from Ancient Greece that has been intricately woven into human history for thousands of years.
Bread, one of the oldest foods, started being prepared in Ancient Egypt. This coincided with the rise of civilization....
Cecrops, the first king of Athens stands as a peculiar and revered figure in the shadowy dawn of Greek mythology, before the glory of the Parthenon or the wisdom of Socrates. Half man and half serpent, Cecrops was no...
Hippocrates, the ancient Greek father of medicine, occupies a unique place in the history of human thought, and his writings on health, diet, and human nature reveal him not only as a physician but also as one of the...
Archaeologists have discovered an 8,600-year-old loaf of bread inside a structure which resembles an oven in Catalhoyuk in south-central Turkey, a site which is renowned for being one of the earliest known regions of urban settlement in the world.
Located...
Food spending and consumption in Greece have shown significant changes in the last decade, according to a study by the Institute for Research on Consumer Goods Retailing (IELKA).
Greek consumers raised their spending on basic carbohydrates such as bread by...
The eating habits of ancient Greeks were developed after a deep and detailed study of the needs of the body and the spirit. Their diet, which was an important part of their philosophical vision, was based on rules that...
Crisis-stricken Greeks have seen their wealth decline by 40%, their income dropping 26% and food consumption reduced by 27% in a five-year period, a Bank of Greece study shows.
The data applies to the 2009-2014 period and shows that annual...
The new multi-bill which will be filed today in the Greek House of Parliament as a matter of urgency is expected to bring significant changes to the Greek market. The bill consists of three main articles.
Its voting is a prerequisite...
A recent survey has shown that Greece is among the top 20 countries in the field of nutrition as the contemporary Greek cuisine combines many flavors and benefits health. But what were the nutritional habits in ancient Greece?
The Ancient...
