Review by Booklist Review
People from every clime relish Mediterranean food's herby, fresh, light flavors, and doctors recommend it for its healthy approach to a sound diet. Most Americans restrict Mediterranean cooking to only the sea's northern shores: Spain, France, Italy, and Greece. But the Mediterranean washes against three continents, and the cooking of the Middle East and North Africa contributes substantially. America's Test Kitchen offers a comprehensive guide to dishes consumed all along this seacoast. Typical of what readers have come to expect, ATK provides more than simply an inventory of recipes. Every recipe commences with a paragraph entitled Why This Recipe Works. There, the editors offer some history, explain special techniques, and warn against common culinary missteps. Sidebars explain ingredients such as varieties of lentils, eggplant, and kale. Breads include not just Italian pizza but also Turkish and Palestinian elaborations. This cookbook offers another perspective on why the Mediterranean is the cradle of Western civilization.--Knoblauch, Mark Copyright 2017 Booklist
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
America's Test Kitchen tackles Mediterranean cooking with 500 recipes. The book opens with an introduction to the "Mediterranean Diet Pyramid," instructions on creating a Mediterranean table, and menu planning; the fundamentals are outlined to help readers integrate this lifestyle into their daily menus. As always, America's Test Kitchen has exhaustively tested each recipe and included serving sizes, time delineations, culinary categories, an introduction that explains why the recipe works, and ways to change up the dish with other flavors or ingredients. The flavorful recipes include a spicy Moroccan-style chicken and lentil soup, tagliatelle with artichokes and Parmesan, and garlicky roasted shrimp with parsley and anise. These and other dishes can easily be integrated into readers' existing menus. Helpful notes fill the book, such as "Buying Mussels and Clams" and "Shaping a Press-in Tart Shell." A chapter for "Fruit and Sweets" finishes the book with such treats as lemon-anise biscotti, baklava, and Greek lemon rice pudding. This title will be a workhorse in any kitchen. Photos. (Dec.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Review by Library Journal Review
America's Test Kitchen has published many books on "light" cooking but are relative newcomers to diet cookbooks. Showcasing the Mediterranean diet, which has been shown to contribute to good health and reduce risk of heart disease, this book shares more than 500 recipes aligned to the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid. These recipes make it easy for readers to put together a meal that limits saturated fats, salt, and calories. Appetizing dishes include stuffed grape leaves, grilled sea bass with citrus and black olive salad, chicken in Turkish walnut sauce, and roasted pears with dried apricots and pistachios. Vegetables and grains are well-represented, boasting fatter chapters than meats and seafood. VERDICT Home cooks of all skill levels can use this book to explore a new lifestyle and to sample a wide range of Mediterranean cuisine. © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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