The Greek Kitchen

Featuring the region’s hallmark ingredients – olive oil, bread, wine, figs, grapes, cheese – the dishes reveal how Greece’s rich cultural history of land and sea created the original Mediterranean cuisine.

This stylish volume highlights the best and most beloved recipes from Greece: 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 Kitchen invites readers around the world to experience Greece’s joyful feast of food in their own homes.