Product Description

Greek food is simple, colourful and packed with robust flavours. Although many dishes show influences from Greece's past, particularly Arab, Turkish and Italian, they have a distinctive style of their own - a style which has changed little over the years. Greece has a long tradition of fine cooking and the full range of delicious dishes often remains undiscovered by the holidaymaker. The Greek diet, like that of other Mediterranean countries, is extremely healthy, being low in processed foods and animal fats, and is based on the availability of local produce: wheat products such as bread, pastry and pasta, fresh fruit and vegetables, fish and olive oil. The Book of Greek Cooking brings you a mouthwatering collection of over 100 recipes, each one illustrated in full colour and with step-by-step instructions, making it the perfect guide to cooking authentic Greek dishes. Some are familiar favourites, while others are less well-known, but all are guaranteed to bring a little Mediterranean sunshine to your menu

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1535978 in Books
• Published on: 2001-03-19
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 120 pages

About the Author
Lesley Mackley is an experienced home economist and the author of ten cookery books. In 1999 and 2000 she was shortlisted for the prestigious Guild of Food Writers Recipe Writer of the Year Award. She is a member of the Guild of Food Writers, and is a food consultant and cookery teacher.

Customer Reviews

Great introduction to the Greek cuisine.
In its roughly 50 parts, all written by experienced cooks and cook book writers, HP Books' "The Book of ... Cooking" series takes you on a culinary trip around the world; all in easy to follow, well-explained recipes.

This installment, the Book of Greek Cooking, starts with a brief introduction into the basics of the Greek cuisine and a glossary of ingredients, and then presents recipe suggestions for all major courses, from mezes and soups to baking and desserts. Special chapters are dedicated to salads and vegetable dishes, fish, (red) meat, and poultry and game. Classics such as avgolemono soup, baklava, chicken pie, dolmades, marinated olives, moussaka, live bread, souvlakia, tzaziki, spanakopitta, and spiced rack of lamb appear next to unique dishes such as cinnamon knots, coriander mushrooms and pork with pears.

From afelia (coriander pork in cilantro and red wine sauce) to zucchini with cheese, this collection of recipes, while not all-encompassing, is a great introduction to the richness of the Greek cuisine - and at a relative bargain price, to boot. Also recommended: This series' installments on North African, Mediterranean, Spanish and French provincial cooking, antipasti, pasta, light pasta sauces, and pizzas and Italian breads.

WOW! Greece!
I don't know if the recipes in the book are "proper" Greek ones, but they taste really delicious! If you want to take some mediterranean flavours into your dining room that's a good way to do it. The book contains both the well known classics and more unusual recipes which gives you nice surprises. Each recipe is accompanied by several pictures both "in progress" and of the finished dish, just designed to make you more hungry!
Try the lemon chicken: it is really a winner, even if I find that binding the sauce with a little cornstarch makes it a lot easier... Check the aubergine salad too! You'll lick your fingers!