The Mediterranean Table: Easy to prepare meat, seafood, breads and dips, vegetarian and vegan recipes suitable for every day meals or platters & grazing boards for sharing with friends and family

Mediterranean Table, where food from this wonderful region of the world is

prepared on an almost everyday basis and a diet of Mediterranean cooking is

regarded as one of the most healthiest and most popular in the world for

meat eaters or vegetarians. Featured in this book are mainly traditional

recipes that have been prepared in Mediterranean kitchens for many years

but also a lot of Vegetarian and Vegan meals using ingredients of fresh

foods, vegetables, fruit, legumes/pulses, whole grains, seeds, nuts, herbs

and spices, olive oil and of course garlic, as well as seafood, meat and

poultry. The author who was born in a Mediterranean country was brought up

enjoying food from Greece, Italy, France and the Middle East and has

created easy to prepare meals with readily available ingredients found at

the local supermarket which fits in with today’s lifestyle. Cooking for

your family and friends, fresh home cooking and sharing plates at your

table including big platters or every day meals to grazing boards and tapas

this beautifully photographed and easy recipes from well known and best

selling author Rena Patten will be a must for food lovers. Eating is a very

important event in the Mediterranean culture, so much so that I would

actually call it a ritual; it is a time where beautiful memories are made

spent with people we love and sharing food that we love There have been a

lot of studies done on the benefits for people that fully or partially

follow a Mediterranean diet. The studies have shown that the food cooked

from those regions have huge benefits in controlling certain diseases as

well as resulting in an overall feeling of wellness. They have been known

to lower the risk of certain diseases such as cardio vascular disease,

cancer and diabetes to name a few.They can also be beneficial in lowering

cholesterol, promoting healthy aging and help establish healthier mental

function .