Difference Between "Italian" and "Mediterranean" flavor

[Alessan]

@nelliebly

It’s such a weird descriptor for food. The Mediterranean is bordered by three continents and over 20 countries, all with different crops and cuisine. It’s a little like calling a product “European flavor.”

In my experience as someone who lives in the area, “Mediterranean” cuisine actually means Eastern Mediterranean cuisine, or specifically, food from the arc of countries from Greece through Turkey, Syria and Lebanon to Israel.