by America's Test Kitchen
Published
December 27, 2016
Pages
440 pages
Language
English
Publisher
America's Test Kitchen
Kindle
$17.99
Paperback
$14.62
Audio CD
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The #1 best-selling modern classic—America’s Test Kitchen’s indispensable guide to the life-changing Mediterranean diet, with more than 600,000 copies sold The famed Mediterranean diet is more than just a regional cuisine, it’s food at its best: the variety of bright flavors and tastes, the health benefits, and the simple, uncomplicated dishes. America’s Test Kitchen makes it easy to eat healthy, with over 500 kitchen-tested recipes from across the Mediterranean. Inside: Beyond Greece & Italy: You’ll find a deeper variety of dishes from countries all around the Mediterranean Sea, including Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt, and Morocco Build Your Plate, Mediterranean Style: Learn to build meals that put the focus on the healthiest food first.
You'll find large, plant-forward chapters devoted to Beans and to Vegetables, and more space is devoted to Seafood than to Poultry and Meat Mediterranean Mainstays: Detailed information on wholesome ingredients found in every supermarket is included throughout the book, from olive oil to whole grains, spice blends, plus a variety of seafood. Guides to meal planning, entertaining, and pantry building are also included Quick & Healthy: Many recipes are ready in 45 minutes or less—perfect for busy weeknights Nutrition First: Not only does every recipe have nutritional guidelines, but we also set specific nutritional goals (e.g. every fish recipe is less than 750 calories, with fewer than 8.5g of saturated fat) Need a house-warming gift?
Get The Complete Mediterranean Cookbook Gift Edition , in a gorgeous keepsake hardcover edition Love your Instant Pot? Check out ATK’s Mediterranean Instant Pot Want to build your repertoire even further? Try More Mediterranean: 225+ New Plant-Forward Recipes Endless Inspiration for Eating Well
Dive into the vibrant world of Mediterranean cuisine with this essential guide to eating well every day. Featuring 500 meticulously kitchen-tested recipes, this cookbook showcases the diverse flavors and ingredients that make Mediterranean cooking so delightful. Each recipe is crafted to bring health, flavor, and variety to your table, ensuring you can indulge in delicious meals while maintaining a balanced diet.
The celebrated culinary experts at America's Test Kitchen share their deep knowledge and passion for this heart-healthy lifestyle, making it accessible to home cooks everywhere.
Mediterranean cooking combines rich flavors with nutritious ingredients promoting a heart-healthy lifestyle. America's Test Kitchen simplifies traditional Mediterranean recipes for everyday home cooking. This cookbook includes 500 trusted recipes offering extensive choice and variety for every meal.
Immerse yourself in a comprehensive exploration of Mediterranean cuisine with this cookbook. Whether you're a seasoned cook or a beginner you'll find something to excite your palate. The dish selection spans from savory to vibrant salads to mouthwatering desserts with flavors rooted in the Mediterranean basin's rich culinary heritage.
From Greece to Spain directly recreate the authentic cooking traditions of these regions. This cookbook captures the wholesome essence of Mediterranean dining emphasizing fresh produce healthy fats lean proteins and aromatic spices. Discover recipes that prioritize both taste and nutrition.
Whether you're cooking for your family hosting friends or treating yourself this book is designed to equip you with the knowledge and inspiration needed to create meals that look and taste extraordinary. Each recipe is carefully tested to ensure success in your kitchen every time. Supplemented with expert tips and techniques the cookbook goes beyond mere recipes to offer guidance on choosing ingredients preparing meals efficiently and enhancing your cooking skills.
With these tools you'll feel confident and inspired to embrace a Mediterranean lifestyle. Designed for modern home cooks the book balances tradition with innovation bringing timeless Mediterranean flavors into the contemporary culinary scene. This approach ensures that the cookbook remains a versatile and practical addition to your kitchen.
America's Test Kitchen is renowned for its rigorous recipe testing, ensuring that each dish in this cookbook delivers reliable and delicious results, making it an invaluable resource for any home cook. The thorough approach makes the recipes approachable for all skill levels, offering precise instructions and helpful insights that demystify the Mediterranean culinary tradition and enable you to cook with confidence. With an emphasis on fresh, wholesome ingredients and creative preparation techniques, this cookbook not only enriches your mealtime repertoire but also supports a lifestyle filled with nutritious and satisfying meals.
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8.56 x 0.94 x 9.94 inches
2.8 pounds
Based on 20308 ratings
I can’t get over this cookbook, in fact I’m not over it I’m so totally into it. So I started cooking some Mediterranean at the beginning of the year, and then I found out a lot of my heritage was from the area, no wonder I love the tastes and textures of this cookbook. Still popular 8 years later. It’s written by America’s Test Kitchen so you can’t complain, each recipe tells why it works at the beginning, and recipes that aren’t complicated and require an expensive trip to the store. You may have to stock up on beans and a few things but I usually have most of these ingredients in my pantry. I’m very smitten ❤️👍🏼
I edit cookbooks professionally, so I am (a) not in need of any new ones and (b) pretty picky about layout, photos, and content. But I was trying to inspire myself to eat more healthy dishes and try some new recipes, so I bought this. I bought the hardcover and it is made well and I suspect it will hold up to years of kitchen use. Literally every single recipe I've made out of this book has been easy to make and tastes fantastic. I went through a month-long obsession with the shaved Brussels sprouts, lemon, olive oil, pine nuts, and pecorino romano salad (DROOL) and have a long list of other recipes I can't wait to try. My only complaint has also been mentioned by others: the nutrition info is a pain in the butt to look up (it's all listed at the back, by recipe section (Salads, Soups, Entrees...) in the order the recipe appears in the book (NOT alphabetically by recipe name within each section). This means a lot of browsing for the info you want. A couple of other design decisions were made here that I support (won't bore you all with that industry talk), but I do think adding a page-number reference to the nutritional info at the end of each recipe would be a huge plus, especially since so many people will have bought this particular title because they are interested in this health-related information. This could be done at reprinting--without changing pagination--by adding a concise reference on the same line the number of servings for each recipe, e.g. "Serves 4 (nutrition info, page 391)"... Anyone listening, America's Test Kitchen? :-) Regardless, don't let this minor annoyance and book-design mystery dissuade you from buying and enjoying this terrific and healthy cookbook! 9/10 Highly Recommended (only took away a point because I get annoyed every time I search for the nutrition info)
The recipes in here look so delicious! Couple things, the pictures of food aren't labeled with what recipe it is. Sometimes you can figure out which picture goes with the recipe but a lot of the time you can't. I also didn't realize just how much seafood is in the Mediterranean diet. If you live in a place where good, fresh seafood is hard to find you should know that A LOT of the recipes will be difficult to find ingredients for. This cookbook is very informative. It shows you how to prep and process everything. Overall it's a good cookbook with great recipes. For those of you living on the coast.... man oh man will you all have some amazing meals!
Our family decided to move to a more Mediterranean diet, so we purchased this cookbook. We have made over two dozen of the recipes in the few months since we purchased it, and we have loved almost every single one (there were two recipes that turned out good, but just weren't to our taste). What I love is that there are all these tips on how to choose the right product, how to prepare the food, the reason for different methods, and how to cook using different techniques. I have gained a lot of confidence in my cooking, and I have also enjoyed using foods that I have never worked with before - fennel, capers, mussels. I feel like we are not only eating healthier as a family, but we are eating yummier food. It's been a fun adventure and we still have a lot more recipes in this book to try!
I don’t normally write reviews (I’m a harsh critic), but I’ve recommended this book to so many people now, I thought I should. I lost 35 lbs. by cooking recipes from this book 3-5 times a week on average. No, I don’t exercise; I just eliminated all processed foods from my diet and replaced them with recipes from this book. I also enjoy a glass of wine (or two!) with my meal most evenings. I’m not sure how many different recipes I’ve made from the book, but it’s definitely more than 50–possibly 100. They are all DELICIOUS! There is not a single recipe in this book I would not serve to guests. In fact, I’m a bit embarrassed when I serve these recipes to guests and they tell me what a talented cook I am. I blush and point to the book and say “honestly, I can read and follow directions.” It’s really that simple! The recipes are very easy to follow and even a complete novice like me can turn out wonderful food if you follow the directions carefully. The recipes all call for readily available ingredients that you can find in any grocery store. There are a handful of ingredients I’ve never used or even heard of, but you can find them and I tell people to not be intimidated by them. If I can do it, anyone can. There are a great number of vegetarian recipes in here, which my wife’s family (Hindu strict vegetarians) LOVE. My wife even complains when we go out to fancy Italian restaurants now, “this isn’t as good as what you make!” I wasn’t much of a vegetable guy before I started this journey, now I literally crave vegetables—it makes my mouth water just thinking about it! If you’re going to diet, you have to like the food to stick to it—you really can’t do better than this. My one complaint (and it’s extremely minor) is the author(s) write in the beginning that they did not include any recipes featuring things like salmon because it’s not indigenous to the Mediterranean. Really? Because neither are tomatoes (!!!), potatoes, halibut, etc. There are plenty of AMAZING seafood recipes, however. Simply put, I would have continued cooking out of this book even if I hadn’t lost the weight—turns out that’s just a side benefit! P.S. You may want to start a small herb garden, as I recently have. Almost all the recipes call for fresh herbs (parsley, thyme, basil, oregano, etc.). While fresh herbs are relatively inexpensive, I find the quantities generally include more than I need and go bad before I can use the whole bunch. I don’t recommend trying to substitute dry herbs (unless specifically noted)—they just don’t compare. EDIT: It’s been a year now and I’ve stuck to my diet and maintained my weight (I’m right on my ideal BMI). I saw some reviews that said the nutrition info is somewhat cumbersome to find. Honestly, I never even looked at that section! I just made the recipes that appealed to me and the pounds came off. I also saw some people say they thought some ingredients were hard to find; that has not been my experience. I shop at wegmans, which granted, does carry a lot of gourmet food items. But the ones that are more unique (pomegranate molasses, Dukkah, preserved lemons, etc.) the book provides recipes on making them—however, I didn’t make any of those as you can also find them right here on Amazon.