In the Mediterranean diet, salad is an important part of almost every meal and important in its own right since so many Mediterranean recipes for salad can stand on their own as a main course. This Greek salad is a perfect paradigm for the variety and intensity of flavor in of classic Mediterranean ingredients brought together with delicious extra virgin olive oil. The Greek figs give it an unusual sweet-and-savory twist and the salad dressing calls for a touch of grape molasses. Cabbage, the star of this Greek salad, is a popular andbeloved member of the brassica family and it is used in countless dishes, both raw and cooked, throughout Greece and the Mediterranean.