A volume of recipes inspired by the traditions of southern Italy features capsule portraits of such local features as a fish market, an olive press, and a bakery, in a collection that includes a wealth of options for seafood, vegetarian dishes, pastries, and more. By the author of The Essential Mediterranean.

The author of The Mediterranean Diet Cookbook takes readers on a tour of the Mediterranean region in search of the ingredients that make this diet so healthy and flavorful and introduces 120 delicious recipes that utilize such staple ingredients as salt, olives and olive oil, wine, tomatoes, peppers, pork, seafood, and cheese and dairy products.

Five of the best American chefs specializing in Italian food share their recipes and cooking secrets in this celebration of one of the world's great cuisines. 25,000 first printing.

The product of the author's twenty-five years of living and cooking in a remote valley in Tuscany, a collection of one hundred recipes brings authentic Tuscan cuisine to American kitchens, complemented by colorful profiles of the author's neighbors.

Discussing the nutritional and health benefits of Mediterranean culinary practices, this delectable cookbook presents two hundred recipes for simple traditional dishes from all over the region, all adapted for the modern American kitchen. (view table of contents)