Greek Salad is a family favourite and served throughout the summer and fall when the vegetables are at their peak.

Mediterranean salads with cucumbers, tomatoes and chickpeas are bright and welcome regardless of the season. K helped with the picture, matching some of Santa’s elves with the salad; but we love it just as much during the summer too!

Artichokes are thought to come from either Sicily or Tunisia, North Africa, which really isn’t that far from Sicily. It is said Catherine de Medici brought them with her from Italy to France in the 1600’s, but some say they were developed into a vegetable…