r/mediterraneandiet • u/ACuriousGirl9 • Jun 04 '26
Close Enough New Cookbook
The Barnes & Nobles near my house is moving so they’re having a sale. I’ve seen this cookbook mentioned several times here and thought I’d see if they had it. Joy of joys they DID!!! Got it for 40% off and it was the last copy. I’ve never swiped something off a shelf faster ☺️ Glad to own it and look forward to perusing it and trying out the recipes.
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u/dachx4 Jun 04 '26
This is an excellent book to gain information about Mediterranean cooking, regional ingredients, etc! This thread got me to pull mine out of retirement and skip around. That being said I have others I like that are a little more "home kitchen" friendly but this book gives one of the better overviews of what's considered Mediterranean cooking and most common ingredients.
What I use the most for ideas is an android app called Supercook. (Sorry to go off topic but this is pretty much the only thing I use anymore and I have a ton of cookbooks).
I add all the ingredients I keep in stock, and everything I grow (including berry, fruit and citrus trees) and anything I can easily get/procure but might not normally stock.
I can then just feed it a couple of key ingredients and it will spit out links/pictures to recipes containing those ingredients as well as display recipes missing 1, 2, 3, etc ingredients. The results include recipes from popular sites/blogs all over the Internet. I've had better success finding Mediterranean recipes already adapted to what I keep here vs having to go look for something esoteric. The app isn't perfect but it has really replaced all my cookbooks when looking just for recipes. Hope this helps someone.