The Ultimate Mediterranean Diet Cookbook

Title:

Harness the Power of the World's Healthiest Diet to Live Better, Longer

Author:

Riolo, Amy

Format:

eBook

Electronic Format:

HTML

ADOBE EPUB

KINDLE

Provider:

Libby

Language:

English

Publication Date:

2015

Subject:

Cooking & Food

Health & Fitness

Nonfiction

Description:

A comprehensive cookbook and guide to the flavors and health benefits of the Mediterranean diet—with one hundred recipes plus regional lifestyle tips.The cultures that developed along the Mediterranean Sea have a rich history of health and longevity. By simply following a Mediterranean diet—rich in olive oil, nuts, beans, fish, fruits and vegetables—you can prevent diseases and prolong your life. The Ultimate Mediterranean Diet Cookbook integrates the latest nutritional research with 100 delicious, authentic, easy recipes from across the Mediterranean region.Using the Mediterranean Pyramid as a guide, cuisine expert Amy Riolo gets to the core of the Mediterranean lifestyle, explaining not only what is eaten, but also when and why. Each recipe contains a Mediterranean cultural tip as well as fun facts from the region's history, legend, and lore.

ISBN:

9781627883047

Summary

A comprehensive cookbook and guide to the flavors and health benefits of the Mediterranean diet--with one hundred recipes plus regional lifestyle tips. The cultures that developed along the Mediterranean Sea have a rich history of health and longevity. By simply following a Mediterranean diet--rich in olive oil, nuts, beans, fish, fruits and vegetables--you can prevent diseases and prolong your life. The Ultimate Mediterranean Diet Cookbook integrates the latest nutritional research with 100 delicious, authentic, easy recipes from across the Mediterranean region.Using the Mediterranean Pyramid as a guide, cuisine expert Amy Riolo gets to the core of the Mediterranean lifestyle, explaining not only what is eaten, but also when and why. Each recipe contains a Mediterranean cultural tip as well as fun facts from the region's history, legend, and lore.

Author Notes

As an award-winning author, chef, television personality, cuisine and culture expert, and educator, Amy Riolo makes frequent appearances on numerous television and radio programs both in the United States and abroad. Amy, an Italian American of Calabrian descent, also created and appeared weekly in ninety-second cooking videos entitled Culture of Cuisine, which air on nationally syndicated news shows on 28 different channels across the United States, totaling a reach of over 300 million people.Amy's book The Mediterranean Diabetes Cookbook (American Diabetes Association) received a starred PW review, won the 2011 Nautilus Book Award, and was named "Best. Diabetes. Cookbook. Ever." by DiabetesMine.com. For Nile Style; Egyptian Cuisine and Culture, she won the World Gourmand Award for Best Arab Cuisine Book in the United States. Her book Arabian Delights; Recipes & Princely Entertaining Ideas from the Arabian Peninsula was chosen as one of the 16 Volumes Worth Staining by the Washington Post. She is also the author of The Ultimate Mediterranean Diet Cookbook and The Italian Diabetes Cookbook. In addition, Amy contributed to The Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia and co-wrote The Al Tiramisu Restaurant Cookbook: An Elevated Approach to Authentic Italian Cuisine with award-winning chef/restaurateur Luigi Diotaiuti.Amy is a Culinary Advisor for The Mediterranean Food Alliance. Her work has appeared in numerous print media including, USA Today, Cooking Light magazine,The Washington Post, CNN.com, The Wall Street Journal, Gulf News, Popular Anthropology Magazine, The UAE National, and international newspapers and hundreds of blogs.

Reviews (1)

Booklist Review

Today, no food expert, nutritionist, or health-care professional would nay-say the benefits of following a Mediterranean diet, whose benefits range from preventing heart attacks and strokes to promoting longevity. And just as many chefs use (and applaud) this plant-based food system. Add Riolo to the list of proponents (although she is, admittedly, a culinary advisor to the Mediterranean Foods Alliance) and to the ever-growing number of cookbooks on this topic. In her 100-recipe collection, she varies from the norm by adding gluten-free alternatives for ingredients and by emphasizing the tradition behind specific dishes. For instance, the use of eggplants inspires her sidebar that Turkish chefs aren't considered professional unless they know at least 40 different ways to cook eggplant, while an Arabian rice-and-lamb skillet dish underscores that lamb is a lean meat, containing 175 calories per three ounces. Everyday recipes won't surprise, whether a whole-wheat-and-grape focaccia or an aioli herb sauce. Yet her occasional variations will be welcome: Mediterranean-style cornbread with mozzarella and dried tomatoes, or spiced Greek yogurt with apricots.--Jacobs, Barbara Copyright 2015 Booklist