Ikaria: Lessons on Food, Life, and Longevity from the Greek Island Where People Forget to Die

Ikaria: Lessons on Food, Life, and Longevity from the Greek Island Where People Forget to Die

Part cookbook, part travelog, Ikaria is a prologue to the food-as-life reasoning of the Greek island "blue zone" and a culinary excursion through tasty plans, ravishing photography, and charming stories from local people.

The distant and lavish island of Ikaria in the northeastern Aegean is home to one of the longest-living populaces on earth, making it a "blue zone." Much of this has been ascribed to Ikaria's tranquil way of life and Mediterranean eating regimen: day by day rests, regular sex, a little fish and meat, free-streaming wine, careful exercise like strolling and cultivating, hyper-neighborhood food, solid kinships, and a profound pull negligence for the clock.

Nobody knows the Ikarian way of life better than Chef Diane Kochilas, who has consumed a lot of her time on earth there. Catching the genuine soul of the island, Kochilas clarifies the significance of shared food, the medical advantages of crude and cooked servings of mixed greens, the bean dishes that are gone down through ages, the greens and home grown teas that are utilized in the kitchen and in the tea kettle as "medication," and the wholesome insight intrinsic in the fixings and plans that have kept Ikarians solid for such a long time.

Ikaria is in excess of a cookbook. It's a representation of the individuals who have accomplished what so a significant number of us long for: a more full, more important and cheerful life, lived basically and fed on genuine, heavenly, occasional nourishments that you can get to anyplace.

About the Author
Award-winning author DIANE KOCHILAS divides her time between New York, Athens, and her family's ancestral island, Ikaria, where she and her husband, Vasilis Stenos, run the Glorious Greek Kitchen cooking school. She has written 18 books on Greek cuisine. Her latest book, The Country Cooking of Greece, was hailed by the Virtual Gourmet as her masterpiece and the Best Cookbook of 2012. She lives in Athens and New York City.

My husband and I recently returned from Ikaria, and had tried very hard to recall how many of the delicious dishes we ate were made. But, there were so many delicious meals that I find myself forgetting some of the ingredients, dish names, etc. We are really glad to have found Diane's book (and website!). Her photos bring our trip all back, and her recipes do, as well. There are may recipes with very local ingredients which may prove to be hard to find, but there are so many others that I am able to make without any special-order ingredients. Since many of our meals were vegetarian, we also purchased her book, "The Greek Vegetarian", which we also love. But this book of Icarian recipes very near and dear to my heart, and keeps the trip alive for us. -D. Henderson

What a beautiful book! I was born on Ikaria and left for the United States when I was two. I go there as often as I can to visit my ancestral home and see my relatives. The photographs of Icarian life were wonderful and the pictures of the food made my mouth water. I was there last July and hopefully will go again next year to celebrate my 80th birthday. --Bryelyn 

Talk about inspiration! I bought this cookbook after reading about it on The Blue Zones website. The recipes are delicious and filing, but what I love even more are the stories of the island and the people. The stories of the culture, how they survived in lean times, how it affected their eating habits, how they celebrate their friendships today and how food ties everything together. Every. Single. Recipe. I have made from this cookbook has been flat-out wonderful. -KMV 

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