Albanian cuisine
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Albanian cuisine is a representative of the cuisine of the Mediterranean. It is also an example of the Mediterranean diet based on the importance of olive oil, fruits, vegetables, and fish. The cookin
Citrus fruits are mostly cultivated in the south of Albania.
Breakfast in Albania
Garlic is popular throughout the country.
Albanian olive gatherers by American artist John Singer Sargent.
Mediterranean cuisine
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Mediterranean cuisine is the food and methods of preparation used by the people of the Mediterranean basin. The idea of a Mediterranean cuisine originates with the cookery writer Elizabeth David's A B
Bread, wine, and fruit: The Lunch by Diego Velázquez, c. 1617
"Those blessed lands of sun and sea and olive trees": a landscape in Rhodes, in the Eastern Mediterranean
Olive (Olea europaea)
Wheat (Triticum)