Vefas Kitchen" is the first authoritative & all-encompassing Greek recipe book in English. Doing for Greek cuisine what the hugely successful " Silver Spoon" did for Italian it contains more than 700 fully updated straightforward & mouthwatering recipes. Aimed at all lovers of Mediterranean food the book will appeal to anyone who loves to cook easy tempting & delicious dishes from simple but stunning salads & mezedes in summer to slowly simmered meat dishes & crisp filo pastries in winter. As well as presenting definitive recipes for taverna favourites such as moussaka tzatziki & hummus the book documents the extraordinary variety of local sweets & pastries delicious home-baked breads & cheeses of the mountainous interior as well as the fish & vegetable dishes of coastal areas simply fragranced with lemons & herbs. Like Italian cuisine Greek cooking is incredibly simple & delicious & is based on the natural qualities of good olive oil fruit & vegetables grains & seafood. & more than almost any other cuisine modern Greek food contains many traces of its remarkable history with its origins as far back as Homer & the wine-dark Aegean Sea of the Iliad. The health benefits of the traditional Greek diet are well documented & the extensive Greek repertoire of vegetable dishes is well represented with more than 300 dishes that do not contain meat or fish. There is a comprehensive introduction on local ingredients & wines the history of Greek cooking & the culinary characteristics of each region as well as recipes for traditional & religious dishes. Vefa Alexiadou is the leading culinary authority in Greece today & is the author of many bestselling cookbooks. " Vefas Kitchen" will quickly become a must-have for all home cooks & lovers of Mediterranean food."