The Greek island of Chios is the only place in the world where the multipurpose mastic resin is cultivated. It's used for refining desserts, drugs and cosmetics — and nowadays also for making beer ...

Greece is famous for the production of mastiha, or mastic, a tree resin collected from mastic trees that flourish in the distinct climate of Chios. Just 1 kilogram can retail for about $350. Today, it ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. A love of esoteric ingredients can lead you to unusual places. Chios is a beautiful Greek island, five miles off ...

At first glance, the shaded, cobblestoned plateia (central square) in the medieval village of Kalamoti on the Greek island of Chios, seems far removed from the bustling streets of Amman, Jordan. The ...

CHIOS, Greece – In response to Greece's financial crisis, villagers on the eastern island of Chios carried on with what their ancestors had been profitably doing for centuries: patiently carving lines ...

Over my 54 years, I've pinned my hopes on my parents, my teachers, my romantic partners, God. I'm pinning them now on a shrub. It's called mastic, it grows in particular abundance on the Greek island ...

Mastiha, pronounced mas-ti-ka, is a Greek liquor seasoned with mastic resin from the island of Chios. You’ve probably never heard of Mastiha; few have unless you have Greek ethnicity. Historically, it ...

ATHENS, GreeceATHENS, Greece — Hundreds of firefighters were battling a major forest fire on Greece’s eastern Aegean island of Chios on Monday as it ravaged forests, agricultural land and groves of ...

Athens flaunts its splendour while the popular islands of Mykonos and Santorini exude a sun-burnt balminess, seeming to spring from a land that’s warm and abundant. However, when our boutique luxury ...

It could offer fresh hope for millions of Alzheimer’s patients and stroke survivors HIGHLIGHTS Mastic grows in abundance on the Greek island of Chios and its resin has been reputed to have powerful ...