Edibles & Potables: More about Mira Mira’s ― small batch, early harvest, extra virgin olive oil from Albania

Bree with the goods. ‘An Albanian’s house is the dwelling of God and the guest.’ Of God and the guest, you see. So before it is the house of its master, it is the house of one’s guest. The guest, in an Albanian’s life, represents the supreme ethical category, more important than blood relations. One may pardon the man who spills the blood of one’s father or of one’s son, but never the blood of a guest. ― Ismail Kadaré, prize-winning Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter and playwright In late February, I received an email from Bree Cameron. It arrived during a sad and troubled time for me, as well as the extended Food & Dining family. John Carlos White, our beloved founder and publisher, had died unexpectedly only days before. But of all the emails I typically receive on a daily basis, the majority of which are formulaic PR boilerplate, this one...Read more