Greek cuisine (Greek: Ελληνική Κουζίνα) is the cuisine of Greece and of the Greeks . It is typical of Mediterranean cuisine accompanied by commonalities with the cuisines of Southern France, Italy, the Balkans, Anatolia, and the Middle East.

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.

Olives have been a major source of ancient Greek food for centuries. Today, olives are easily bought at a store. Learn how the ancient Greeks used to do it.

The residents of the Italian peninsula in ancient times learned most of what they knew about food and nutrition from the Greeks who colonized Sicily and the lower part of the "boot." The Greeks were partial to a diet which has recently been revived in this country under the name the "Mediterranean diet" and which consists mainly of fruits,