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Books 1 to 20 of 26 – Mediterranean

Moro East  by Samantha Clark and Samuel Clark
Manor Garden allotments in the East End may seem a world away from Moorish Spain or Morocco. However, once beyond the gates, you are transported to a community of Turks and Cypriots who cultivate and cook an extraordinary range of ingredients. Learn how plants can be eaten at various different stages of their growth, recipes for parts of the crop that might otherwise be discarded, making use of produce that does not ripen, and how to use up the gluts of produce at the end of the growing season. Many of the recipes reflect everyday activities at the allotment – Turkish women rolling flatbreads, families gathering to grill kebabs at the weekend. The spirit of the community is captured in the photographs and the dishes.

,  288 pp,  $75.00. Buy now

Mediterranean Harvest  by Martha Rose Shulman
Intensely flavourful and inherently healthy, Mediterranean food is one of the world’s most appealing cuisines. Mediterranean cooks know how to make eating a pleasure. They do it simply – with olive oil and garlic; with herbs and spices; with tomatoes and eggplants, peppers and squash, figs and peaches, and other seasonal produce. And of course there is crusty bread and local cheese, the freshest yoghurt and endless wine. In this authoritative and anecdotal cookbook, award-winning author Martha Rose Shulman captures the vibrant flavours of the Mediterranean region in more than 500 delicious vegetarian dishes that will appeal to everyone.

Hardback,  496 pp,  $60.00. Buy now

Sweet Myrtle and Bitter Honey; The Mediterranean Flavors of Sardinia  by Efisio Farris and Jim Eber
Sardinian cuisine is an ancient hybrid with influences from occupiers over the millennia from the Middle East, Rome, Catalonia, and North Africa. Adding to this mystery of the island are its indigenous ingredients that taste unlike anything grown or produced elsewhere. From the rambling olive groves and the shepherder’s steep mountainsides, to the shrimpers’ rocky coastline and the riversides full of wild asparagus and dandelion, Sardinia is a land of bounty. Many of its most deeply rooted dishes are associated with religious holidays and thus take on a special layer of meaning. Sardinia is the most extensive region for agricultural variety after Sicily and Piedmont. Sidebars will explore the time-honored food craftspeople of the island: ch

Hardback,  288 pp,  $59.95. Buy now

Savory Baking from the Mediterranean; Focaccias, Flatbreads, Rusks, Tarts, and Other Breads  by Anissa Helou
Presents a collection of recipes that provide home cooks with an overview of Mediterranean savoury baking, from variations on flatbreads like pita, focaccia, and lavash, to raised breads such as French Bacon Bread, Greek Spinach and Olive Bread, and Italian Nut Bread. It is illustrated with photographs of landscapes, communities, and breads

,  352 pp,  $69.99. Buy now

Rick Stein’s Mediterranean Escapes  by Rick Stein
Published to accompany Rick Stein’s series for BBC2, this new book starts where French Odyssey left off – at the mouth of the Rhone in the port of Marseilles. Rick takes to the public ferry system which plies between the islands and coastlines of the Mediterranean. The book contains over 100 recipes divided by types of ingredient or types of dish – from mezze and tapas to calamari and couscous. He introduces the book with a diary of his gastronomic journey, recounting the many interesting characters and interesting dishes he discovered en route. Mediterranean food is first and foremost the simple cooking of simple ingredients so it translates extremely well into everyday dishes that cooks of all levels will enjoy.

,  216 pp,  $59.95. Buy now

SLOW COOKING FROM AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN  by Carolyn Humphries
Unless you’ve owned a slow cooker and learned what it is capable of delivering to an improved lifestyle, you won’t appreciate the value its owners put on it, and the specially created recipes they need to use it well. Mediterranean food is amongst the most well known and popular in the world. Using glorious fruits, colourful vegetables, fragrant herbs, rustic beans, cured meats and seafood, you will find your slow cooker invaluable for creating delicious Mediterranean dishes. Slow cooks now want much more than casseroles and they know that we can provide it. So just believe us and stock these rock-solid backlist sellers

Paperback,  160 pp,  $16.99. Buy now

Mediterranean Women Stay Slim, Too  by Melissa Kelly
Mediterranean women live lives free from empty diet promises, impossible standards, and a “say no to food” mentality. Thanks to the influence of cooking lessons in her Italian grandmother’s kitchen, Melissa Kelly, co-owner and executive chef of Primo Restaurant, has learned how every woman can extract the essence of the Mediterranean spirit and make it uniquely her own. She shares these lessons in Mediterranean Women Stay Slim, Too, along with more than one hundred mouth-watering recipes. While sampling everything from traditional Hummus to Prosciutto, Fennel, and Pear Salad with Persimmon Vinaigrette, you’ll enjoy the timeless, artful Mediterranean way of eating well and living a long, sensuous, beautiful life.

Paperback,  336 pp,  $18.95. Buy now

The MediterrAsian Way: A Cookbook and Guide to Health, Weight Loss, and Longevity  by Richard T. Watson and Trudy Thelander
Would you like to become lean and healthy, reduce your risk of heart disease and cancer, and live longer? This cookbook and guide shows you how easy it is to embrace the MediterrAsian way

,  314 pp,  $34.95. Buy now

The Saint-Tropez Diet  by Apostolos Pappas and Marie-Annick Courtier
LOOK YOUR BEST. FEEL YOUR BEST. LOVE WHAT YOU EAT. The Delicious, Healthy, and Fast Weight Loss Plan Presenting the Best Proven Scientific Principles of the French and Mediterranean Diets for Lasting Results ” “Gourmet French tastes meets sensible Mediterranean cuisine to help you look thinner, feel younger, and live longer. It’ s the age-old dilemma. Finding a diet that is easy to follow–with food you’ ll actually enjoy–that provides maximum and immediate healthful benefits. You want to lose weight. You want food that is wholly tasteful and easy to prepare. And you want to feel the results of your program when you wake up every day. Through his many visits to the exotic, sensual playground of Saint-Tropez, Apostolos Pappas, Ph.D., was in

,  352 pp,  $44.95. Buy now

Mediterranean Women Stay Slim, Too  by Melissa Kelly
A popular chef introduces a nutritious, heart-healthy approach to good eating based on the benefits of the Mediterranean style of eating, offering one hundred delicious and healthful recipes that emphasize the use of olive oil, seasonal ingredients, and natural, whole foods. 50,000 first printing.

Hardback,  304 pp,  $30.95. Buy now

Mediterranean Vegetarian Cooking  by Paola Gavin
Presents a collection of over 225 traditional Mediterranean dishes from over 15 countries. The dishes range from appetisers, salads, main courses, soups, eggs, rice, pasta and vegetables to desserts. The accompanying text provides profiles of each region, outlining the cultural and historical foundations of each country’s culinary specialities

,  288 pp,  $27.95. Buy now

The Slow Mediterranean Kitchen  by Paula Wolfert
This title features recipes that are Mediterranean in origin, ranging from North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean to Italy, Spain and the south of France. Besides presenting more than 150 recipes with instructions, the author offers her colourful prose.

Hardback,  400 pp,  $42.95. Buy now

The Everything Mediterranean Cookbook  by Dawn Altomari-Rathjen, Jennifer M. Bendelius
The healthful, delicious cuisine of the Mediterranean is sampled here in a collection of some three hundred recipes for everything from Acorn Squash Bake to Red Lentil Lasagna. Original.

Paperback,  304 pp,  $22.95. Buy now

Zarbo  by Mark McDonough
A cookbook showcasing recipes and products from Zarbo Delicatessen. The book’s recipes combine produce available in New Zealand and Australia with imported deli foods, and present these in a selection of eclectic Asian-Pacific Rim meets Mediterranean dish.

Paperback,   $37.95. Buy now

Mediterranean Soups  by Carol Robertson
Each delicious recipe in this wonderful guide for making such delectable soups as Italian minestrone and Spanish gazpacho is accompanied by a brief local history, entertaining vignettes, or little-known food facts.

Hardback,  200 pp,  $32.95. Buy now

Olives, Anchovies, and Capers  by Georgeanne Brennan
No one knows just what makes the Mediterranean shores so white, the sun so golden, or the sea so blue. But thanks to award-winning author Georgeanne Brennan, we now know what makes the cuisine so delicious. Olives, anchovies, and capers are the secret ingredients behind the magical flavours of the Mediterranean. Toss a few tangy olives and capers, or a savoury anchovy or two into these over 50 dazzling recipes and instantly capture the fresh, sun-drenched flavors of Italy, France, Greece, Tunisia, and Morocco. Enhanced by vibrant colour photography, Brennan reveals techniques for salting, brining, curing, and seasoning these delicacies and also explores their history and common uses.

Hardback,  132 pp,  $27.95. Buy now

Sephardic Flavours  by Joyce Goldstein
A remarkable exploration of Jewish cooking of the Mediterranean. In Sephardic Flavors, Goldstein uncovers the culinary history of the Diaspora, revealing in vivid prose and delicious recipes how the Sephardic Jews adapted the cuisines of their new homelands. Drawing upon the cultural and gastronomic heritages of Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Turkey, Goldstein has amassed a remarkable array of unique recipes and historical information. A fascinating voyage into culinary history as well as a compilation of superbly satisfying dishes, Sephardic Flavors captures the indomitable spirit and brilliant cuisines that continue to capture our imaginations today.

Hardback,  205 pp,  $49.95. Buy now

A Biblical Feast  by Kitty Morse
Having researched the original Mediterranean diet – foods that appear in the Bible and were eaten by the peoples of the time – Kitty Morse provides descriptions of the region’s foods and customs which give cultural context to the recipes included in this book.

Paperback,  144 pp,  $29.95. Buy now

A Book of Mediterranean Food  by Elizabeth David

Paperback,  224 pp,  $26.95. Buy now

Mediterranean Street Food: Stories, Soups, Snacks, Sandwiches, Barbecues, Sweets, and More from Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East  by Anissa Helou
Bringing together some of the most memorable food in the world and interspersing with fascinating stories of her food adventures across the continents, Helou tailors recipes especially for the American kitchen and offers brief introductions on the social and cultural history of each country of the Mediterranean. Photos

Paperback,  277 pp,  $27.95. Buy now