Flip through the pages of this book and travel mentally with me to Cairo, Barcelona, Istanbul, Israel, New York, the Loire Valley, as well as to Leros, Agrafa, Souli, and many more different destinations.

And if you get hungry, try Mr. Celemen's peas, the lamb meatballs and the hummus of Muhammad Ali, the corn beef omelet of an exile in Vathmeni of Leros,...