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Mastic, an aromatic, ivory-coloured plant resin, is grown on the Aegean island of Chios. Greek cuisine uses some flavorings more often than other Mediterranean cuisines do, namely oregano, mint, garlic, onion, dill, cumin, and bay laurel leaves. Other common herbs and spices include basil, thyme and fennel seed. Parsley is also used as a ...
Pontic Greek cuisine consists of foods traditionally eaten by Pontic Greeks (Pontic: Ρωμαίοι, Ρωμιοί), a Greek-speaking ethnic minority that originates from the southern shore of the Black Sea in modern Turkey.
Following is a list of notable Greek restaurants, which typically specialize in Greek cuisine: Alexis Restaurant – Portland, Oregon, U.S. Anthos, New York City; Berbati's Pan – Portland, Oregon; Bluto's – Portland, Oregon; Daphne's Greek Cafe – United States; Dio Deka, Los Gatos, California; Georgia's Greek Restaurant & Deli, Seattle
[10] [11] The ten countries with the largest harvests (in 2011) are all near the Mediterranean (Portugal being the tenth largest): together, they produce 95% of the world's olives. [12] The olive yields bitter fruits, made edible by curing and fermentation, and olive oil. Some 90% of the fruit production (1996) goes into olive oil. [13]
Skopelos (Greek: Σκόπελος, romanized: Skópelos, ) is a Greek island in the western Aegean Sea.Skopelos is one of several islands which comprise the Northern Sporades island group, which lies east of the Pelion peninsula on the mainland and north of the island of Euboea.
Aegean Sea Islands map showing island groups Satellite view of the Aegean Sea and Islands. The Aegean Islands [a] are the group of islands in the Aegean Sea, with mainland Greece to the west and north and Turkey to the east; the island of Crete delimits the sea to the south, those of Rhodes, Karpathos and Kasos to the southeast.
The Aegean region (Turkish: Ege Bölgesi) is one of the 7 geographical regions of Turkey. The largest city in the region is İzmir . Other big cities are Manisa , Aydın , Denizli , Muğla , Afyonkarahisar and Kütahya .
The extent of the Aegean Sea on a map of the Mediterranean Sea. The Aegean Sea [a] is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia.It is located between the Balkans and Anatolia, and covers an area of some 215,000 km 2 (83,000 sq mi). [3]