My New Mediterranean Cookbook: Eat Better And Live Longer

With 16 countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, the culinary delights of southern Europe and north Africa are nearly endless. From the olives of Greece to the fresh pastas of Italy to the savory lamb of Tunisia and Morocco, the Mediterranean Coast is rife with gastronomic treasures - and recently discovered health benefits. Now, armed with new findings that show that a Mediterranean diet can measurably increase your life span, French-born gourmet chef Jeannette Seaver has compiled almost 200 of her favorite recipes from the region.

MY NEW MEDITERRANEAN COOKBOOK (Arcade Publishing; January 2005; $27.00/Hardcover) offers readers a rich panoply of recipes using delicious traditional Mediterranean-diet ingredients such as vegetables, legumes, fresh fruit, nuts, cereals, olive oil, and fish, with judicious amounts of red meat (mostly lamb) and poultry. The recipes range from wonderful starters to mouthwatering desserts with everything in between. A small sampling of the hundreds of recipes collected includes:
* Salmon on a bed of smoked eggplant caviar
* Gratin of cod and spinach
* Broiled marinated duck breast with grilled peaches
* Stuffed zucchini flowers with red pepper coulis
* Jeannette's own bouillabaisse

Not only does MY NEW MEDITERRANEAN COOKBOOK offer readers a host of delicious dishes, for many it will encourage a new way of eating and living. A 2003 Harvard University study concluded that those who followed the Mediterranean diet for four years showed a remarkable 33% reduction in heart disease and a 24% reduction in cancer! While Seaver believes that the quality of foods found in the Mediterranean diet is directly responsible for such health benefits, she also credits these health rewards to the slower-paced lifestyle of the Mediterranean people. "Leisurely is better than rushed," says Seaver, who suggests that her recipes are ideal for those home chefs who enjoy the process of cooking. Each recipe is designed to be savored not only in the eating, but also in the preparation.

MY NEW MEDITERRANEAN COOKBOOK is the perfect answer for those who feel that following the Mediterranean diet is the key to not only eating better but living longer.

About the Author
Jeannette Seaver is a French-born gourmet chef and author of three books: Jeannette's Secrets of Everyday Good Cooking, Soups, and The (Almost) No Cholesterol Gourmet Cookbook. She lives in New York City.