The Ikaria Way (Diane Kochilas)

Diane Kochilas' new cookbook that brings the plant-based cuisine of Ikaria to your dinner table.

Diane Kochilas, host of the television series My Greek Table, is a daughter of Ikaria, the Greek Island of longevity where people sometimes live well past the age of one hundred. Her latest cookbook, The Ikaria Way, is filled with easy contemporary recipes rooted in her Ikarian heritage, steeped in ancient Greek culinary traditions and employing the most prized ingredients of the region -- herbs, olive oil, nuts, honey, grains, legumes, and more.

Readers will love meze like Smoked Eggplant with Tahini and Walnuts. There are wonderful salads combining vegetables, greens, grains, and even fruit as well as robust mains like Mushroom-Red Pepper Souvlaki. For many of the recipes, Diane includes optional ways of incorporating traditional dairy products like feta or yogurt. Diane Kochilas’s The Ikaria Way brings the healthy-eating recipes of an ancient island filled with the sun-drenched flavors of the Mediterranean to your table.