Fad diets come and go, but the Mediterranean Diet is the diet that doctors and nutritionists consistently recommend, year after year. It has, after all, ranked #1 for eight years straight in the US News and World Report survey of health professionals. They like it because it provides nutritional completeness, reduces health risks, helps manage weight effectively over the long term, is easy to sustain, and is evidence—based. 

What could be better than all that? How about delectable foods from some of the world’s tastiest cuisines—French, Italian, Spanish, Greek, and Middle Eastern, for starters? 5—Ingredient MediterraneanCookbook makes it easy to embrace this unrivaled diet with 80 delicious throw—together recipes, each with a mouthwatering photograph