The Mediterranean Table -- Where to Begin*

People keep asking me about the Mediterranean diet. Like I&rsquo;m supposed to hand them a plan. I don&rsquo;t have a plan. I have observations. What I notice is that it&rsquo;s less a diet and more a description of how people in certain places happened to eat for a long time. Olive oil instead of something else. More beans, more vegetables, fish when it was available. Bread, wine, time at the…