Usually we are "Seeing Green" but if you will indulge us we want to share a refreshing culinary experience we had at a restaurant we ate at recently in the outskirts of Portland, Oregon. We knew they served "Mediterranean" food, but were we delighted to experience the variety, the quality, the authenticity. It was almost as good as being in the....

Adnan takes Britney out for Greek Food... He still is a creeper!

This page contains great simple recipes for Greek Roasted Lamb, Ukrainian beet and horseradish relish and a Cheesecake that is savory instead of sweet. The Cheesecake can be made as a whole dessert or divided into individual servings before baking. Tradiotaionally for Easter, these recipes can be used anytime of the year.

Therefore it is essential that we describe them in order to understand the ways that can be produced, searched for or even replaced with others that resemble them, in order to be able to maintain the original taste of the recipes.

Such was the importance of sailing and fishing that fish was a major part of the local diet. Fish, shellfish, squid and eels were consumed in near any manner possible.

Greece (Greek: Ελλάδα Elláda, IPA: , or Ελλάς Ellás, ), officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία ), is a country in Southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula. It has borders with Albania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east and south of mainland Greece, while the Ionian Sea lies to the west. Both parts of the Eastern Mediterranean basin feature a vast number of islands.Greece lies at the juncture of Europe, Asia, and Africa. It is heir to the heritages of ancient Greece, the Byzantine Empire, and nearly four centuries of Ottoman rule. Greece has a particularly long and eventful history and a cultural heritage that both shaped and has been shaped by cultures throughout the Middle East, Northern Africa, and Europe. It is usually regarded as the birthplace of the first major democracy, Western philosophy, the Olympic Games, Western literature, political science, major scientific and mathematic principles, and Western drama including both tragedy and comedy.Modern Greece is a developed country, a member of the European Union since 1981, a member of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union since 2001, NATO since 1952, the OECD since 1961, the WEU since 1995, and ESA since 2005. Athens is the capital; Thessaloniki, Patras, Heraklion, Volos and Larissa are some of the country's other major cities.