OLIVE "The whole Mediterranean ... the wine, the ideas ... seems to ride in the sour pungent taste of those black olives ... A taste older than meat, older than wine. A taste as old as cold water."
Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990) Olive is the fruit of the olive-tree ( Olea europea ) that constitutes a kind of small tree of the Oleaceae family that comes from the inshore areas of the Mediterranean see.Olives represented a very important agricultural product of ancient Greece that led to its greater diffusion across the western Mediterranean.The fruit of the olive tree ( olives ) were used since the ancient years for the production of olive oil and the consumption of the fruit after its elaboration. OLIVE OIL "Italians...seemed never to die. They eat olive oil all day long...and that's what does it."
William Kennedy Olive oil is the oil that comes from the fruit of the european olive tree (Olea europea) by exclusively mechanic means and absolutely natural methods and processes in temperatures that don’t cause alteration of the oil. Because of its nutritional and biological qualities, olive oil constitutes a very important element of the diet of people in certain areas ever since the ancient years until nowadays. RAISIN "... raisins contain mainly fructose and glucose, not sucrose, the main culprit in oral disease."
Christine Wu, professor and associate dean for research at the UIC College of Dentistry Raisin is a product of grape elaboration , namely the result of exsiccation of European type grapes (vitis vinifera) European grape in all the areas of the Mediterranean basin and the greater Eurasian zone has always constituted a nutritional, healing and commercial good but also a font of inspiration for artistic and cult human actions. HALLOUMI “Halloumi maybe is the tastiest cheese throughout the word”. Halloumi is produced in the European Union and it is considered to be a Cypriot traditional product. It can be used in many ways in cooking or pastry. It is considered to be the only cheese worldwide, that can be used in cooking with many different ways. COMMANDARIA "The romantic and noble sweet wine with the longest life span of all wines in the world". Commandaria is a sweet dark –colored wine with 15% alcohol content that is produced in Cyprus from a selection of Cyprian “Black” and white “Xenisteri”. Commandaria is the pride of Cyprus and the most ancient wine which was always famous throughout the centuries. | 
