Tag: Olives

Olives, which are native to Northern Africa, Western Asia, and Southern Europe, have been cultivated for thousands of years. In the Levant specifically, olive production can be traced back to the Canaanite period around 5,000 years ago, although uniquely Palestinian agricultural practices arose in t...

My mom grew up in Hong Kong in the 1960s. She lived with her parents and six siblings in an apartment on the eighth floor of a concrete building. Their mom (my grandma) was a housewife. Based on the stories, it seems she spent a good ninety percent of her day cooking and feeding everyone. But foo...