Η Lesvos, apart from its natural beauties and culture, is an island that produces Greek traditional products and has to show unique delicacies, which revolve around its main foodstuffs.

The basic products of Lesvos, which are standardized and exported from the island, is the olive oil, cheese with three PDO cheeses (feta, cheese, oil cheese), the wine, the honey, as well as a wide variety of traditional dishes made with homemade recipes, such as jams, pastries, pastries (the planzeta, a kind of baklava), pasta, noodles, sauces and nuts, macaroons, cookies, but also the famous χαχλες (shaped trachanas in the shape of a boat) produced by handicrafts and women's cooperatives.

The basic food element of the gastronomic culture of Lesvos are fish and shellfish, fished in the clean seas of the island. Some of them are internationally rare species, such as scallops, Kalloni sardines (sparrows, raw sardines at the moment with salt) and the delicious octopuses of Lesvos.

From the rich and very tasty table of the island the famous could not be absent Ouzo, which combines nutrition with culture and tradition, creating a unique culinary experience.

The reputation of Lesvos cuisine has been around for a long time. The Λουκουλος, the famous omnivorous Roman general, built a peculiar fish farm in Mytilene to trap and enjoy the famous seafood of the island, while the island was named by the Ottomans "Orchard of the Empire", because it produced everything.

The main traditional recipes of Lesvos that one can find in restaurants and taverns of the island are:

• fried shrimp or mussels with tomato sauce, feta, pepper and spices
• anchovies salted with oil vinegar
• lacquer salted with oil and lemon
• Kalloni sardines salted
• octopus of Lesvos
• anchovy marinade with vinegar, oil and garlic
• salted necklace with chopped onion, oregano and vinegar
• stuffed squid
• fresh galeo and wild grasses
• scallop pilaf
• fried zucchini flowers stuffed with cheese, eggs, onion and herbs
• zucchini stuffed with rice and herbs
• dolmadas with rice, chives, zucchini and herbs
• soybeans (onions stuffed with minced meat and rice)
• giuzlemedes, fried cheese pies with a sheet opened by hand
• sponge with zucchini
• stuffed lamb with livers, raisins and pine nuts
• yogurt lamb
• meatballs with Ouzo and cumin
• burgers cooked on orange leaves
• liver oregano
• wine spleen