Food
that originated from the Mediterranean area is incredibly popular.
Pasta, pizza, gyros, kebab, and falafel can be found just about
everywhere. Many people
throughout the world have a good idea of what Mediterranean cuisine and
diet are all about, but they know less about the entirefood culture of
the region. This one-stop source provides the broadest possible
understanding of food culture throughout the region, giving a variety
of examples and evidence from the southern Mediterranean or North
Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt), the Western
Mediterranean or European side ofthe Mediterranean (Spain, France,
Italy, and the French and Italian islands), to the eastern Mediterranean or Levant (Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and palastine).
