Curses on the foodie(s) who came up with the term Mediterranean cuisine. The tag sounds specific, as if this type of fare could be neatly identified and pigeonholed. But the label is actually nebulous, since it takes into account all the regions of southern Europe, northern Africa, and various other countries and islands that have at least one geographical toe in the Mediterranean Sea. Thus a diner never really knows what to expect -- pasta? paella? hummus? tagine? -- from a restaurant that calls itself... More >>>