The Greek cuisine is Mediterranean and shares similarities with Italian, Balkan, Turkish, and Levantine cuisines. It utilizes vegetables, olive oil, cereals, fish, meat, and wine. Meze are small dishes served with drinks. Greek cuisine has a 4000 year history and influenced Western cuisine through ancient Rome. Archestratus wrote the first cookbook in 320 BC. Regional dishes exist but staples include salads, stuffed vegetables, meat and seafood, pastries, and yogurt.