The Greek Kitchen [Hardcover]

The very best and most iconic recipes from the global bestsellerGreece: The Cookbook, collected in an elegant and easy-to-use new cookbook

The Greek Kitchenoffers a treasure trove of 75 authentic, delicious, home-cooking recipes. Featuring the regions hallmark ingredients  olive oil, bread, wine, figs, grapes, cheese  the dishes reveal how Greeces rich cultural history of land and sea created the original Mediterranean cuisine.

This stylish volume highlights the best and most beloved recipes fromGreece: The Cookbook, by the grand dame of Greek cookery, Vefa Alexiadou. Chapters on Mezedes, Soups & Salads, Vegetables, Legumes & Pasta, Fish & Shellfish, Meat, Pies & Breads, Cookies & Cakes, and Pastries & Candies, showcase the breadth of Greek cooking. Easy-to-follow instructions and vibrant photography make this the perfect book for home cooks.

Spanning dishes such as Cuttlefish in Wine, Mixed Lamb Skewers, Chicken Souvlaki, and Spinach and Cheese Pie, as well as equally delicious and creative desserts, including as Hazelnut Cake, Baklava, Kataifi Pastry Rolls, and Almond 'Pears,'The Greek Kitcheninvites readers around the world to experience Greeces joyful feast of food in their own homes.

Vefa Alexiadouwas the leading authority on Greek cookery. A bestselling author of thirteen cookbooks in Greece, she also had her own television series and regularly wrote articles for magazines and gave lectures and demonstrations on Greek recipes. She served on the board of the Centre for the Preservation of Traditional Greek Gastronomy. In 2009 she publishedVefa's Kitchenwith Phaidon (also released in 2017 asGreece: The Cookbook), to great critical acclaim.

Praise for Vefa Alexiadou's global bestseller,Greece: The Cookbook:

The book's a stunner, beautifully designed, and should give hours of pleasure of page-flicking joy and cooking pleasure to anyone who appreciates real Gl#ë