1 In one corner a piano perched silently, and the embers of a fire still cast a faint glow from a massive fireplace. 2  She tugged the curl from his hand and turned to the old piano as a diversion tactic. 3  He coaxed one melody after another from the old piano, and then finally he folded the lid down.
The Greek diet is one of the healthiest and most natural ways of eating. Because of the minimal use of meats, dairy, and processed foods and the high reliance on fresh seasonal vegetables, olive oil, and beans, the Greek population has shown some of the lowest rates of heart disease in the world.
No book specifically on food or recipes is extant from that period, but food is talked about a great deal by characters in Greek plays. Greeks had two kinds of symbolism in their food. One kind was religious symbolism.Wine, for instance, was associated with Dionysos; bread with Demeter. And secondly, like the Jews, the Greeks wanted to use their food as a way of distinguishing themselves from their neighbours.hough the Greeks ate some meat, meat had slightly barbaric connotations for them. They probably didn't eat more than 2 to 5 pounds (1 to 2 kg) of meat a year in total. There were even vegetarian groups that rejected it entirely. Greeks would, however, eat dogs, something that is now beyond the pale for us.