Food, history and daily life
Eat well.
Skip the sermon.
Vegetables, legumes, fish, grilled meat, bread and shared plates already belong to Mediterranean kitchens. We read real local menus and leave medieval medicine in its own century.
Long read · History of medicine
What Avicenna Put on the Table
What the Canon of Medicine says about regimen, why food changed with season and condition, what can be said about wounded soldiers, and how saffron traveled from dye and perfume into the kitchen.
Read the historical essay ↗Three Sonoma County tables
Lunch for an ordinary Tuesday.
Salad or dip, fish or lamb, wrap or plate. The real menu gives appetite enough room to decide.
Lunch Can Skip the Entrée
Salad, mezze and the grill can split the work across the table.
Read Kalimera ↗
The Fish Comes Crispy-Side Up
French technique and Turkish comfort meet at Alesta, from branzino to manti.
Read Alesta ↗
A Mediterranean Lunch from the Window
Wrap or plate, falafel or shawarma, then two quiet minutes for Turkish coffee.
Read Aladdin ↗Editorial rules
Food first.
Claims kept small.
- Old medicine stays old.We explain its logic without presenting humoral theory as current science.
- A menu is not a prescription.Restaurant dishes show flavor, choice and continuity; they do not prove a treatment.
- Ordinary meals count.A sustainable way of eating has room for appetite, rich dishes and the next day.