You cooked the beautiful Mediterranean dinner. So why are you hungry again by nine o'clock?

Because the protein went missing.

Somewhere between the Aegean coast and the modern idea of a Mediterranean lifestyle, the fish, yogurt, eggs, beans, lentils, and cheese that have anchored this food for centuries got pushed to the edge of the plate.

This book puts them back in the middle.

Every recipe delivers at least 20 grams of protein per serving. Most deliver considerably more. None use powders, bars, or anything that would look strange on a table in Crete.

INSIDE YOU WILL FIND

36 original recipes, each with prep time, cook time, servings, difficulty, and a make-ahead window.

A full original illustration for every recipe, plus step-by-step panels for techniques that benefit from visual guidance.

Six practical chapters covering breakfast, big salads and grain bowls, seafood, poultry and meat, beans and eggs, and small plates.

Three weekly meal plans with matching shopping lists, designed so ingredients and prepared components carry naturally across multiple days.

Reference charts for measurements, oven temperatures, internal doneness, substitutions, and refrigerator storage.

Estimated nutrition information for every recipe, accompanied by an honest explanation of what those numbers can and cannot tell you.

Common mistakes to avoid at the end of each recipe, because knowing what usually goes wrong is more useful than simply being told that a recipe is easy.

Clara D. Hearth trained in restaurant kitchens before deciding that the more interesting problem was the domestic one.

She has spent years teaching home cooks and testing recipes in an ordinary apartment kitchen, using ordinary equipment, in the amount of time a person actually has on a Tuesday.

Her recipes explain why a step exists, not just that it exists.

If you want food you will look forward to, food that holds you until the next meal, and food that does not require a special trip to a specialist shop, start here.

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