Salad meditations

I had numerous soul-destroying salad experiences growing up but, thankfully, I stumbled across an authentic Greek salad in my early twenties, which persuaded me that salads could be exquisite and exciting.

A traditional Greek salad makes me salivate to this day. It’s the perfect combination of textures, colours and flavours. Sweet, juicy tomatoes, bright in every sense; crunchy cucumbers cut into meaningful