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Albanise's culinary talents began at home, watching her mother prepare magnificent dishes and entertaining their many friends. At school, she took home economics, where she learned food science and the art of cooking.
After completing high school, she went on to university, where she received a Bachelor of Science from SUNY College at Buffalo and a Master of Arts from the University of Central Missouri. She currently holds a Graduate Certificate in Nutrition and Healthy Living from Cornell University.
Explore the Origin of the Mediterranean Diet
Prior to expounding on the origins of the Mediterranean Diet, the word diet needs to be clarified. The word diet does not have the same connotation as it is used in today’s term, where it implies strict adherence to a dietary program for losing weight. Rather, the word diet in the Mediterranean Diet means diaita, a Greek word to express not only food but also a lifestyle or a way of living.
The Mediterranean Diet, therefore, stems from the traditions and practices of ancient civilizations that existed around the Mediterranean Basin. The first of which was Mesopotamia (4000 - 3500 B.C.).
