The Ultimate Mediterranean Diet Cookbook - by Amy Riolo (Paperback)

About the Book

Based on the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid, this illustrated cookbook offers 100 delicious, satisfying, easy recipes from all countries in the Mediterranean region.

Book Synopsis

More than just a mix of rich history, gorgeous beaches, and warm blue waters, the countries along the Mediterranean Sea and their people have a history of living longer and healthier lives--and you can too! By simply following a Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil, nuts, beans, fish, fruits, and vegetables, even drinking wine with meals, you can prevent diseases and prolong your life.

In The Ultimate Mediterranean Diet Cookbook, Mediterranean cuisine and culture expert Amy Riolo gets to the core of the Mediterranean lifestyle, and explains what to eat, when to eat it, and why--all backed by the latest science. Using the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid as a guide, she supports your success by offering the greatest variety of recipes featuring the foods we should eat the most of, and the least containing foods we should limit.

With a Mediterranean Tradition sidebar for each recipe, highlighting cultural wisdom, historical background, entertaining anecdotes, and nutritional information, this transformative cookbook immerses you in the Mediterranean lifestyle, inspiring you to adopt these healthy habits in your own life.

Accompanied by lush photography, The Ultimate Mediterranean Diet Cookbook features recipes from all countries in the region, including perennial favorites, little-known treasures, and recent discoveries. Enjoy making and sharing:

• Whole-Wheat and Grape Focaccia
• Herb and Rice-Stuffed Grape Leaves
• North African Spice-Dusted Sweet Potatoes
• Silky Hummus with Yogurt and Pomegranate Seeds
• Spanish Seafood Paella
• Sizzling Rosemary Shrimp over Polenta
• Mussels in Tomato-Saffron Broth
• Carrot, Coriander, and Parsnip Soup
• Quinoa, Arugula, and Fig Salad
• Corsican-Style Garlic-Laced Beef Stew with Peppers
• Apricot and Orange Blossom Pudding with Pistachios
• Rose- and Mint-Infused Fruit Salad
• Roasted Plums with Basil-Yogurt Cream

Review Quotes

"Amy Riolo has created an authentic, yet accessible, guide to eating the Mediterranean diet as it is meant to be eaten. This book captures the Mediterranean essence with delicious recipes from a cuisine that is accessible, flavorful, and nutritionally sound."

"Amy Riolo is a true guardian of the techniques and inherent goodness of the Mediterranean lifestyle! Her food and her philosophy are an absolute pleasure to read and consume."

"Amy Riolo has created an authentic yet accessible guide to eating the Mediterranean Diet as it is meant to be eaten. This book captures the Mediterranean essence with delicious recipes from a cuisine that is accessible, flavorful and nutritionally sound." - Lidia Bastianich - LidiasItaly.com

"Combining her passion and talent as a chef with the medical insights of a doctor, Amy Riolo's The Ultimate Mediterranean Diet Cookbook entices gourmands and nutritionists alike with authentic recipes that are easy to create and beautiful memoir that is a delight to read." - Luigi Diotiaiuti, Chef/Owner Al Tiramisu Restaurant, Author, Sommelier

"Rating:5 stars. The recipes in this cookbook were chosen because of their taste, authenticity, and nutritional value. They are not only low in fat, cholesterol, and sodium; they are packed with vitamins, minerals, and healthful properties that our bodies need...The Ultimate Mediterranean Diet Cookbook will help you live better, longer." - Examiner.com

"Chef Amy's passion and wisdom about the Mediterranean lifestyle and diet, allows the reader to transcend the level of a cookbook and inspires them to create food prescriptions that can heal, modify and even reverse many modern day disease states. This manual for wisdom based eating should be on everyone's kitchen counter." - John R Principe, MD Creator and Founder of WellBeingMD, LTD

About the Author

Amy Riolo is a cookbook author, award-winning chef, television personality, and Mediterranean lifestyle ambassador. An Italian American of Calabrian descent, Amy created and appeared weekly in a series of 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.

Among Amy's previous cookbooks are Nile Style; Egyptian Cuisine and Culture, which won the World Gourmand Award for Best Arab Cuisine Book in the United States; Arabian Delights; Recipes & Princely Entertaining Ideas from the Arabian Peninsula, which was chosen as one of the "16 Volumes Worth Staining" by the Washington Post, and, as co-author, The Al Tiramisu Restaurant Cookbook: An Elevated Approach to Authentic Italian Cuisine, which she wrote 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, Washington Post, CNN.com, The Wall Street Journal, Gulf News, Popular Anthropology Magazine, The UAE National, and many other international newspapers, blogs, and websites. She has appeared on Fox TV, ABC, CBS, NBC, The Hallmark Channel, Nile TV, The Travel Channel, Martha Stewart Living Radio, Calabria Uno TV, Esperia TV, and Abu Dhabi Television. She has been named a Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy by the President of the Italian Republic. Chef Amy has been baking since she was three years old and has taught baking classes in the United States, Italy, Greece, Morocco, Turkey, and Egypt for home cooks and professionals. She lives in the Washington, DC, area.