Essential Mediterranean: How Regional Cooks Transform Key Ingredients into the World's Favorite Cuisines

With The Essential Mediterranean, Nancy Harmon Jenkins continues her lifelong exploration of Mediterranean food — how it is grown, prepared, and shared around the table. In her latest book, Ms. Jenkins introduces cooks and readers to a cluster of core ingredients and foodways that are fundamental to all of the Mediterranean's diverse cuisines. She shows how the Mediterranean attitude toward food — a combination of respect, integrity, enthusiasm, and sheer joy — can be cultivated across…