Mastiha is made exclusively on the Greek island of Chios since antiquity. It derives from the resin that seeps from the bark of Mastiha trees ...

Even then Greeks were chewing the resin in what would become known as the first kind of chewing gum. Mastiha ... Though mastic trees are found throughout Greek islands, only resin from trees ...

Mahlab is a spice made from ground cherry stones and, along with piney gum mastic, gives this Greek Easter bread its distinctive flavour. Hardboiled eggs dyed red and pressed into the bread give ...