The Complete Mediterranean Cookbook: 500 Vibrant, Kitchen-Tested Recipes for Living and Eating Well Every Day

by America's Test Kitchen (Editor)

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

From the trusted America’s Test Kitchen comes a culinary manual for Meditarranean cuisine. Complete with hundred of recipes and nutritional guidance, it’s a one-stop book for inspiring your Meditarranean kitchen.

#1 BESTSELLER: America’s Test Kitchen’s indispensable guide to the life-changing Mediterranean diet—with 500+ recipes, expert-approved tips, and nutritional advice!

“For those looking for the one book they need to master Mediterranean cooking, this is it.” —San Francisco Book Review

The famed Mediterranean diet is more than just a regional cuisine—it boasts bright flavors, health benefits, and simple, delicious dishes. This #1 bestselling Mediterranean cookbook from America’s Test Kitchen makes healthy eating easier than ever. Inside you’ll find:

• 500+ accessible Mediterranean recipes from Greece, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, and more
• Seafood, meat, and plant-based recipes for building a healthy Mediterranean plate
• Essential Mediterranean diet ingredients found in every supermarket
• Practical guides to meal planning, entertaining, and pantry-building
• Easy, healthy recipes you can make in just 45 minutes or less
• Nutritional guidelines and goals for every recipe (all fish recipes are <750 calories)
• Large, colorful photos you’ll love to recreate!
 
With more than 600,000 copies sold, ATK’s Complete Mediterranean Cookbook is the home chef’s top choice for wholesome Mediterranean recipes and expert cooking advice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781940352640
Publisher:	America's Test Kitchen
Publication date:	12/27/2016
Series:	The Complete ATK Cookbook Series
Pages:	440
Sales rank:	11,224
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

America’s Test Kitchen is well-known across its top-rated television shows with more than 4 million weekly PBS viewers, bestselling cookbooks, magazines, and cooking schools. The highly reputable and recognizable brands of America’s Test Kitchen, Cook’s Illustrated, Cook’s Country, and Cook’s Science are the work of over 60 passionate chefs based in Boston, Massachusetts who put ingredients, cookware, equipment and recipes through objective, rigorous testing to identify the very best. Discover, learn, and expand your cooking repertoire with Julia Collin Davison, Bridget Lancaster, Dan Souza, Lisa McManus, and our fabulous team of test cooks!

Table of Contents

Welcome to America's Test Kitchen ix

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Meze, Antipasti, Tapas, and Other Small Plates 14

Chapter 2 Soups 40

Chapter 3 Salads 66

Chapter 4 Rice and Grains 100

Chapter 5 Pasta and Couscous 136

Chapter 6 Beans 168

Chapter 7 Vegetables 194

Chapter 8 Seafood 242

Chapter 9 Poultry and Meat 288

Chapter 10 Eggs 328

Chapter 11 Breads, Flatbreads, Pizzas, and More 342

Chapter 12 Fruit and Sweets 366

Nutritional Information for Our Recipes 390

Conversions and Equivalents 402

Index 404

Editorial Reviews

11/07/2016
America’s Test Kitchen tackles Mediterranean cooking with 500 recipes. The book opens with an introduction to the “Mediterranean Diet Pyramid,” instructions on creating a Mediterranean table, and menu planning; the fundamentals are outlined to help readers integrate this lifestyle into their daily menus. As always, America’s Test Kitchen has exhaustively tested each recipe and included serving sizes, time delineations, culinary categories, an introduction that explains why the recipe works, and ways to change up the dish with other flavors or ingredients. The flavorful recipes include a spicy Moroccan-style chicken and lentil soup, tagliatelle with artichokes and Parmesan, and garlicky roasted shrimp with parsley and anise. These and other dishes can easily be integrated into readers’ existing menus. Helpful notes fill the book, such as “Buying Mussels and Clams” and “Shaping a Press-in Tart Shell.” A chapter for “Fruit and Sweets” finishes the book with such treats as lemon-anise biscotti, baklava, and Greek lemon rice pudding. This title will be a workhorse in any kitchen. Photos. (Dec.)

Publishers Weekly

More than 6,000 Amazon shoppers have sung its praises, with one commenting, ‘This is without a shadow of a doubt the best cook book I have ever owned.’ It doesn't get more glowing than that, folks.”
—USA Today

“To score the top spot on Amazon’s list of best-selling Mediterranean diet cookbooks, you have to be good. This one is packed with 500 (!!) different recipes from all over the Mediterranean—Italy, Greece, Morocco, Egypt, Turkey—that have been tried and tested by the foodie pros at America's Test Kitchen. Another reason it's a top pick? ‘It includes suggestions for recipe pairings to make a complete meal, which can help with your weekly meal planning,’ says nutritionist Alissa Rumsey, RD.”
—Women’s Health

“America’s Test Kitchen has created the definitive guide to Mediterranean cooking. Although brimming with amazing recipes, this cookbook has so much more. This book opens with a concise overview of the Mediterranean diet and meal planning. The authors proceed to five-hundred mouth-watering recipes that require mostly easily obtained ingredients and cover every aspect of the meal . . . Many of the recipes are vegetarian and are clearly marked as such, as are quickly prepared recipes. Almost more significantly, the text is simply packed with additional information. The notes dispersed through the book contain valuable information for those wishing to ensure a good outcome and learn more about the intricacies of choosing ingredients and cooking techniques. The large, glossy pictures of the finished product typically found in cookbooks are traded for smaller pictures of the end product and important preparation details. Furthermore, nutritional information for all recipes is contained in an easily read chart at the end of the book. For those looking for the one book they need to master Mediterranean cooking, this is it.”
—San Francisco Book Review

“If you are a fan of PBS and have been able to view even one episode of America’s Test Kitchen, you probably realize how seriously the chefs and staff take the preparation of a recipe to produce a satisfying result . . . The new addition to their award-winning books is The Complete Mediterranean Cookbook and is comprehensive in the selection of 500 recipes in categories ranging from Tapas and Small Plates to the Fruits and Sweets at the end of the meal—a total of 12 chapters to enjoy. If you are thinking of adding a cookbook to your kitchen shelf, The Mediterranean Cookbook may be the one for you.  The colorful cover of this book can make your mouth water, but a test of one of the recipes could produce an amazing meal for you and others to enjoy!”
—Westmont Public Library

“The Complete Mediterranean Cookbook tops our list [of the 10 best Mediterranean cookbooks in 2022] thanks to its 500-recipe collection and supplemental meal planning suggestions, recipe tags for quick or vegetarian meals, essential pantry ingredients, and more.”
—The Spruce Eats

From the Publisher

12/01/2016
America's Test Kitchen has published many books on "light" cooking but are relative newcomers to diet cookbooks. Showcasing the Mediterranean diet, which has been shown to contribute to good health and reduce risk of heart disease, this book shares more than 500 recipes aligned to the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid. These recipes make it easy for readers to put together a meal that limits saturated fats, salt, and calories. Appetizing dishes include stuffed grape leaves, grilled sea bass with citrus and black olive salad, chicken in Turkish walnut sauce, and roasted pears with dried apricots and pistachios. Vegetables and grains are well-represented, boasting fatter chapters than meats and seafood. VERDICT Home cooks of all skill levels can use this book to explore a new lifestyle and to sample a wide range of Mediterranean cuisine.

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