Title:	Mediterranean: Recipes from the Islands and Shores of the Mediterranean
	Author:	Ben Tish
	Published:	August 13, 2024, Bloomsbury Publishing
	No. of Pages:	304
	Cover Price:	$29.68 Hardcover, $14.46 Kindle

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Mediterranean food is well known for its healthy aspects, but most importantly, it is delicious. Many don’t realize that it comes from many different countries, and some of the dishes are varied and unique. Mediterranean: Recipes from the Islands and Shores of the Mediterranean is an excellent cookbook that covers the different regions of the Mediterranean and includes mouthwatering recipes from there. The book is divided up into regions of the Mediterranean and the individual countries.

The recipes are written in the traditional manner with the ingredients listed first, followed by step-by-step instructions that are easy to follow. Anyone – with beginning to advanced cooking skills – will be able to follow the recipes and end up with picture perfect and delicious results. The ingredients are gathered from all over the Mediterranean, but are available in most mainstream grocery stores, so it will be easy to obtain them.

The book features vignettes regarding things like street food, pastries, sweet and sour flavors, and other interesting and helpful things about the food and the regions. One plus is that there are beautiful, professional photographs of many of the recipes (the only drawback is that not all of them are pictured) that make each dish stand out; there are so many mouthwatering recipes in the cookbook, it will be difficult to decide what to make next.

All told, this is one of the best Mediterranean cookbooks I have seen. It will keep most of us making new, yummy dishes for months. Tish really knows his stuff, and he makes it easy for us to learn from him and turn out beautiful dishes.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.