Mediterranean vegetarian food is one of the healthiest and most delicious inhe world. Based on simple, home-style cooking, this mouth-wateringollection of over 200 dishes truly evokes the spirit of the region and makest easy to reap the benefits of eating a Mediterranean diet. Based on freshroduce and readily-available ingredients, the recipes range form startersnd salads to a wide variety of healthy main courses, rice, pasta andesserts, as well as all kinds of delicious ways to prepare vegetables. Thisook includes traditional fare from every country around the Mediterranean,uch as potato and spinach croquettes from Albania, Catalan split pea soup,ardinian aubergine ravioli, Provencal onion quiche, Tunisian couscous withweet and hot peppers, and Dalmatian cream caramel. The recipes are simplend easy to prepare, with plenty of room for improvisation and flexibility.uch more than simply a cookery book, "Mediterranean Vegetarian Cooking" islso a guide to this beautiful and diverse region, outlining the cultural andistorical foundations of culinary specialities and traditions.;Food writer.