There’s a brick building nestled in the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania where magic happens daily – not the rabbit-out-of-a-hat kind, but the “oh-my-goodness-this-is-so-good-I-might-cry” variety.

And then I am including in this week’s column a few of my favorites with a Greek twist. One thing about Mediterranean cooking is that it uses olive oil almost exclusively, and the medicinal and ...