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Mediterranean
 Purple Citrus & Sweet Perfume
Silvena Rowe
Like Yotam Ottolenghi and Middle Eastern cuisine, Silvena Rowe captures the modernity of an ancient cuisine, emphasizing the intensity of color and flavors in its traditional ingredients. Recipes such as pink grapedfruit, avocado and pomegranate salad with nasturtium flowers and artichoke, goat's cheese and cherry salad perfectly illustrate the the interplay among sweet,sour, and bitter elements and the vivid hues which are the foundation of Rowe's dishes. Hardcover, 255 pp. $52.95.
 Rice, Pasta, Couscous
Jeff Koehler
From Jeff Koehler comes this book which explores mediterranean food through its use of rice, pasta, and couscous, offering some history of each ingredient in Mediterranean cooking and its importance to culinary tradition in the region. Recipes come from a variety of Mediterranean countries from Lebanon to Tunisia, Syria to Croatia, France to Italy, Malta and Spain. There are such interesting (and wonderfully titled) offerings as The Countess's whiskey risotto with rosemary, canneloni stuffed with spinach, pine nuts, and raisins, and Fez style chicken stuffed with couscous and almonds. Each recipe is attributed a place of origin. Some colour photography. Hardcover, 223 pp. $36.95.
 Olives & Oranges
Sara Jenkins & Mindy Fox
Sara is the daughter of the respected food writer Nancy Harmon Jenkins (Cucina del Sole, $34.95). The younger Jenkins's cuisine is rooted in the family time spent living around the Mediterranean, hence the subtitle "Recipes & Flavor Secrets from Italy, Spain, Cyprus & Beyond".
Hardcover, 372 pp. $39.95.
 Postcards from Portugal
Tessa Kiros
Never have olive oil-slicked salt cod, calamari, and rabbit looked so seductive as they appear in the fourth book from Tessa Kiros. Fascinated with the concept of food as national identity, Kiros has previously celebrated the Cypriot/Finnish meals of her parents and the Tuscan food of the home where she is raising her own family (Falling Cloudberries, $45.00; Twelve, $34.95; Apples for Jam, $45.00) . Here, against a blue and white backdrop, she serves up the classic dishes of Portugal amongst photographs that capture the essence of the country from sea to table. Superb colour photos. Hardcover, 254 pp, $45.00.
  Cioppino's Mediterranean Grill: A Lifetime of Excellence in the Kitchen
Pino Posteraro
Restaurant recipes that are accessible to the home cook as well the professional - those who remember Pino Posteraro from his days at Borgo Antico in Toronto and who have not yet dined at his newest venture, Cioppino's Mediterranean Grill and Enoteca in Vancouver, may dine (vicariously or not) through the luscious photos and precise recipes in this, his first book. West Coast ingredients are paired with mediterranean flavours, as in Tomato Consomme with Spot Prawns. Hardcover, 234 pp. $60.00.
 Mediterranean Harvest: Vegetarian Recipes from the World's Healthiest Cuisine
Martha Rose Shulman
Many classic vegetarian dishes are featured here, including Turkish Imam Bayaldi, Italian Frittata, and Greek Spanakopita. However, there are other less familiar recipes to whet the appetite - Red Wine Risotto with Cauliflower and Tunisian Vegetable Ragout sound delicious. Shulman has written over 25 cookbooks and appeared on radio and television. Hardcover, 398 pp. $46.50.
 Savory Baking from the Mediterranean
Anissa Helou
Here is proof that there is more to Mediterranean baking than pizza, focaccia, and pita. Helou has certainly included those recipes but you will also find the more unusual qurban, the communion bread of the Eastern Orthodox church, Neapolitan macaroni pie made in a special mould, and Cretan spinach crescents. The instructions are in a simple numbered format. Bibliography for those who want to learn more. Black and white photos. Hardcover, 339 pp. $37.95.
 Mediterranean Grilling
Diane Kochilas
Grilling and Mediterranean food just seem to go together, perhaps because they are both so invocative of heat and sunshine. Here the two are combined seamlessly in tasty dishes like Breaded Mozzarella and Cherry Tomato Brochettes, Grilled Pork Chops Stuffed with Feta and Olives, Ouzo-Marinated Grilled Scallops with Spinach and Orange, and Greek Lemony Marinated Grilled Split Chicken. Colour photos. Hardcover, 187 pp. $37.95.
 Bread & Oil
Tomas Graves
A treatise on mediterranean cooking, agriculture, and traditions
illustrated with examples and recipes from the island of Majorca.
This is a lovely and loving guide to the people and cuisine of the island
perfect for literary foodies and anyone travelling in the region. Hardcover,
254 pp. $39.95.
 Easy Mediterranean
A compendium of mediterranean recipes from Spain, Italy, Greece, Morocco, Turkey, and the south of France. There are many classic recipes including stuffed vine leaves, soup au pistou, souvlaki, and osso buco just to name a few. Bring some sunshine into your kitchen, and dream of the sea, with this easy to follow, handy little book. Colour photos. Hardcover, 239 pp. $25.95.
 Spice:
Flavors of the Eastern Mediterranean
Ana Sortun
The eastern Mediterranean is an extremely popular region of late. Award winning
chef Ana Sortun, of Oleana in Cambridge, Mass., has created wonderful flavours
that jump of the pages. Organized by spice, this book will delight and inspire
the reader and the cook. Hardcover, 381 pp. $46.50.
 Stylish
Mediterranean in Minutes
Sophie Braimbridge
Cooks who prefer a visual reference will enjoy this collection of greatest
culinary hits from southern Europe and north Africa. The author is another
of the younger
generation of British chefs and food writers who has trained at the River Café (also
with the Roux brothers, Sally Clarke, and Alice Waters!) Colour photos with
almost every recipe. Paper, 160 pp, $29.95.
 From
Tapas to Meze
Joanne Weir
If you missed it the first time, this re-issue is a must have. The
vibrant flavours of fresh vegetables and herbs star in these "small
plates" from around the Mediterranean. Fava bean salad with fresh
mint, Tunisian potato, scallion, and fried egg turnovers along
with pickled wild mushrooms are typical of Weir's recipes. Her
pizza dough (thin crust variety) is excellent. Colour photos. Softcover,
264 pp, $34.95.
 Little
Foods Of The Mediterranean
Clifford A. Wright
The James Beard award-winning author has written a comprehensive
volume of flavourful recipes for antipasti, tapas, hors d'oeuvre,
meze and other appetizers, snacks and street foods of this exciting
region. Each of these “little
bites” is sure to please any palate. Softcover, 515 pp. $30.95.
 The Essential Mediterranean Cookbook
Nancy Harmon Jenkins
In this new book, Jenkins introduces us to a cluster of core ingredients
and principles that are fundamental to all of the area's diverse cuisines,
and she does it with the usual Mediterranean attitude toward food -- with
respect, integrity, enthusiasm and joy. Hardcover, 436 pp. $45.95.
 Crete On The Half Shell
Byron Ayanoglu
This beautiful book showcases Ayanoglu's intoxicating passion for food, life and
love. A wonderful voyage home for him, and a peek for us into a lush culture and
cuisine. Hardcover, 268 pp. $34.95.
 Sophie Grigson's Sunshine Food
Sophie Grigson
Tomatoes, peppers, and fresh herbs figure prominently in Grigson's
recipes from the countries which rim the Mediterranean. Colour photos. $36.95.
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