Written around 375 B.C., it reveals the central importance of the feast to classical Greek culture. Like Xenophon’s earlier work, Plato’s is also set at the dinner party of a famous Athenian poet.

The Taverna is a Greek party with live music ... so he brought Greek chef Yorgo from Athens to Ashdod. My big fat Greek dinner started with a delicious loaf of bread made from scratch (NIS ...