I wanted to create a work in which the local people felt represented, heard, made visible. And I wanted them to speak, not us ...

The Barbados Tropical Garden transports you to the Caribbean without the hassle of passports or airport security lines. Palm fronds create a gentle symphony overhead as tropical flowers compete for ...

The Alpilles Mountains, a charming old town, and idyllic Provençal countryside all make this French town feel like stepping ...

One of Jordan's best-known archaeological sites, only an hour's drive from Amman, the old Greco-Roman city is not to be ...

French pop historian Vincent Lemire's illustrated tome makes some loaded choices in depicting the Jewish parts of history.

The Biblical Garden provides a thoughtful change of pace, featuring plants mentioned in scripture and creating tangible connections to ancient texts. Olive trees, date palms, and fig trees grow ...

Last December, at the height of Greece’s olive harvest season, two men drove a stolen white truck to the Glyfada mill in a small town not far from Kalamata. After idling the truck for a ...

Olives were a low-stress crop for millennia, but Greece shows how climate change has made the harvest much less ...

At a ceremonial event, in the shadow of the Old Bridge, the perfume “Stone Embrace”, inspired by that symbol of Mostar, was ...

My pilgrimage to the Orthodox theocracy of Mount Athos (the Holy Mountain) began with a deep yearning for the unknown. It was a place I had never set foot on but had always longed to experience in my ...

Pine nuts are the edible seeds of pine trees from the genus Pinus. Although not true botanical nuts, they are widely ...