The ancient Hellenic diet vs Mediterranean diet Hellenic diet main characteristics are choice. The ancient Hellenic culture chose their ingredients and created recipes with a single purpose; high nutritional content and easy digestion. They could have eaten as much meat as they wanted, but they preferred wild game and ate it only at festivals where
“Beyond Organic, Beyond Extra Virgin” When I first met Eleni and Panagiotis I was struck by their enthusiasm. They do not have a long family history of owning olive trees, but are driven by a new-found passion for producing the highest quality of olive oil. Eleni and Panagiotis leased an abandoned olive grove from the city
Aristoleo Awards 2019 Gastronomy Health Etymologically, the word “gastronomy” is derived from Ancient Greek γαστήρ, gastḗr, “stomach”, and νόμος, nómos, “laws that govern“, and therefore literally means “the law of regulating the stomach”. Gastronomy means health promoting ingredients for nourishment above all. This is the original meaning and substance of recipes which can be
Aristoleo Conference 2018: The Future of Olive Oil The future of olive oil lies in its past in the ancient texts where it is written that early harvest olive oil from green olives is medicinal. But the future is rising out of the present and our agricultural methods have everything to do with olive oil
An Olive Oil Miracle in Cyprus Work with Nature and Nature will surprise and delight you. Announcing the olive oil with the highest-ever content of health protective oleocanthal. “I grow soil and the trees grow themselves,” says soil biologist, Nicolas Nétien of Atsas Organic Farm, Cyprus. Last year Atsas Organic Farm astounded both the
