Greek Salad: A Dionysian Travelogue

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Summary: Dionysian Travelogue Indeed
Review: From the Aegean Islands to the Ionian Islands, with mainland Greece in between, Miles Lambert shares his travels and reveals a land where the regional food, wines, and its tavernas are all rooted and bound in the rich histories and lore of Greece.

The simple yet evocative prose made me envision the dog-eared journal pages stained by a hearty red, or the sun-baked vistas and salty villages the author describes.

While France and Italy have all been the backdrop for other travel diaries, it is time that Greece recieves its due recognition. This book is a wonderful exploration of a place that has so much to offer at every turn of a page.

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Summary: Let's All Have a Great Time in Greece!
Review: In "Greek Salad," Miles Lambert provides some of the expert commentary enjoyed previously in his first book, "The Wines of Greece," but in this volume lets us join him, personally, in his quest for great Greek wines in the classical and modern traditions. His witty insights and delightful references to ancient and more recent writers, from the likes of Aristophanes and Homer, through travelers on "the Grand Tour," such as Lord Byron and others, will no doubt bring a sense of keen recognition and delight to most of his readers. Authored by a master of English with a considerable command of Greek language and culture, "Greek Salad" makes me want to jump on a plane, and then catch a boat, to seek out "tavernas" of my own and experience some of the Greek places, wines, and foods our "Odysseus of the Wine Jars" so deliciously and entertainingly describes.