Mediterranean Diet Cookbook: A Delicious Alternative for Lifelong Health

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What's the best diet for good health? It seems too good to be true, but actually it's one with great classic dishes like tabbouleh and bouillabaisse...pasta, risotto, and couscous...fassoulia, ratatouille, gazpacho...the savory flavors of spices and garlic...breads, succulent olives, wine, and LDL cholesterol-reducing olive oil. The evidence is backed up by the scientific papers presented at the landmark 1993 International Conference on Diets of the Mediterranean co-sponsored by the Harvard School of Public Health and Oldways Preservation and Exchange Trust.

Simple, traditional dishes from southern France, Italy, Tunisa, Turkey, Egypt, and elsewhere in the ...

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Overview

What's the best diet for good health? It seems too good to be true, but actually it's one with great classic dishes like tabbouleh and bouillabaisse...pasta, risotto, and couscous...fassoulia, ratatouille, gazpacho...the savory flavors of spices and garlic...breads, succulent olives, wine, and LDL cholesterol-reducing olive oil. The evidence is backed up by the scientific papers presented at the landmark 1993 International Conference on Diets of the Mediterranean co-sponsored by the Harvard School of Public Health and Oldways Preservation and Exchange Trust.

Simple, traditional dishes from southern France, Italy, Tunisa, Turkey, Egypt, and elsewhere in the Mediterranean reflect delicious ways to cut down on red meat, dairy products, and added fats, as they capture the rich romance of the region's lifestyle and its glorious cuisine. Includes 200 recipes.

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Lots of attention has been focused over the past few years on the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet, a diet based mostly on legumes, vegetables, fruits, olive oil, and grains, with limited amounts of meat and dairy products. Nancy Harmon Jenkins's excellent book takes the abstract idea and turns it into a practical guide to a truly livable new way of eating. Her intensely flavored dishes hail from countries all over the Mediterranean region, including not just southern Italy and France but also Turkey, Greece, Morocco, and Spain. It would be easy to eat a different dish from this book every day and never feel deprived.
Publishers Weekly
Though many authors have tackled the healthful recipes of the Mediterranean, Jenkins is not simply following a fad. She brings her understanding of the culture, gained through years of living and working in the region, to the task of writing a comprehensive cookbook. Jenkins gives practical advice on how to gradually implement the Mediterranean diet at home, urging us to eat more fruits, grains and vegetables, reduce meat and fat intake, cook with olive oil instead of butter, serve plain bread at every meal to increase consumption of carbohydrates, and -- perhaps hardest of all -- to set aside time for meals every day, "building a sense of food as a fundamentally communal, shared experience.'' Jenkins's recipes, though not always inventive, are faithful to the originals and demonstrate her appreciation for the vagaries of cooking well with fresh foodstuffs that may not always yield the same measures. She unfolds the common threads of cuisine that unite the Mediterranean, acknowledging regional variations that lend piquancy.
Library Journal
Like a number of recent books on this topic, Jenkins's book is no doubt inspired by a 1993 Harvard conference on the health benefits of "the Mediterranean diet''-that is, the Mediterranean cuisines that have always emphasized grains, beans, and vegetables over red meat and olive oil over butter. Jenkins, a food writer and culinary historian, includes more than 200 recipes from all over the region, from Italy's Panzanella to Lebanese Garlicky Roast Chicken to Turkish-Style Winter Vegetables. The text is readable and informative, with lots of boxes on ingredients, techniques, and the various cuisines, and the recipes are good, certainly not "diet food.'' Martha Rose Shulman's Mediterranean Light (LJ 4/15/89) was one of the first titles in this area and still one of the better ones, but most collections will want to add Jenkins's book.
Barbara Jacobs
The word "diet" smacks of deprivation. Jenkins' advice? Limit red meat, sugar, and dairy products, substituting instead olive oil, vegetables and legumes, breads, and fruits. Her long residence in Tuscany, plus her food writing background, results in unusual recipes among the more than 200 featured; in addition to such familiar staples as fish, soups, and minestrone, she includes treats from all over the Mediterranean, including Armenian pizza and Spanish chicken with sweet peppers. Sidebars and personal introductions to many of the recipes, along with nutritional data, supply encouragement for healthy living, not just dieting.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780553096088
  • Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 6/28/1994
  • Pages: 528
  • Product dimensions: 7.43 (w) x 10.24 (h) x 1.68 (d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments                      ix
Preface xi
Introduction: The Mediterranean Diet and Health 1
Making the Change 11
The Small Dishes of the Mediterranean: Meze 23
Antipasti, Tapas, Street Food, Bar Snacks, and Other Introductions to the Meal Soups 77
Breads, Flatbreads, Pizzas, and Savory Pies 125
Pasta, Rice, Beans, and other Grains 171
Legumes, Fish and Seafood 237
Dressings, Sauces, Condiments, and Preserves 283
Poultry and Meat 311
Vegetable Dishes 363
A Few Sweets 425
Mediterranean Methods, Materials 453
Ingredients Resources 473
Appendix: The Traditional Healthy Mediterranean 477
Diet Pyramid Bibliography 491
Index 495
Metric Conversion Chart 507

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 9, 2005

    My favorite cookbook

    The recipes in this book are fool-proof. Every one of them is delicious and easy to prepare and lovely to look at -- using ingredients readily available. I bought it hoping to get some ideas to make eating vegetables more interesting, because I have had breast cancer and wanted to include nine servings instead of the usual recommended five. It's been super easy to add extra servings of beans, rice, vegetables, and fruits to make daily meals a gourmet feast. This is my everyday cookbook bible now. Recipes will not disappoint.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 22, 2000

    Traditional recipes rich in flavor and nutrition

    The Mediterranean diet features naturally healthy, lusty dishes that please the eye, tempt the palate, and satisfy one's love of robustly flavored food. This practical and informative book offers traditional recipes that highlight the bold flavors, vibrant colors, and wholesome ingredients of the region's cookery. The dishes are not difficult to prepare, and the fun in the kitchen is equaled by the reward at the table.

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