Customer Reviews

The Complete Greek Cookbook

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I have quite a few Greek cookbooks (nearly all the standards), but this is the one I nearly always end up using. The recipes typically turn out to be just about the way my Yiayia used to make them.

I feel like I know the author personally after creating many of the delicious, delectable entrees. The extra attention to detail helped me create the most mouth watering salads, desserts and main courses. My fiance didn't even like greek food until I tried these recipes! Now SHE circles the items that she wants me to make and I happily oblige!! I guess the way to a girls heart is through the stomach as well!! Thanks Ms Yianilos for a wonderful addition to our recipe collection!!

I started using Theresa Yianilos' cookbook so many years ago that the book's spine is now split, the pages are stained and dog-eared, and the whole book has a resinous and spicy odor. She understands Greek food, and she can get those of us who are not Greek to cook it well enough to make our mouths water. It is, simply, one of my all-time favorites.

Easy to understand recipes and simple ingredients combined with the texture and flavoring of "authentic" greek cuisine make this book an absolute must have! Try the recipes for Greek Salad and Baklava! Simply to die for!

I found this book 25 years ago in a library. It was out of print then, so I photo-copied the entire book. I have been using it since, and every recipe is wonderful. I am glad the book is once again in print, so I can buy a copy. (Actually, I will buy several. This will make a great gift for someone.) Enjoy.

This book is definitely complete in the types of Greek receipes that are contained within its pages. It covers the basics and the unordinary. This is not a cookbook for someone who is wanting to casually explore cooking greek food though. Because it doesn't contain any pictures, I found it quite daunting determining what to start cooking. While most receipes seem simple, I find some of the organization difficult to follow because so much is packed in -- specifically the appetizer section. There are some nice introductions for charters which talk about the history of greek cooking, where to buy greek foods, greek cheeses, serving sauces, etc. These all add a nice touch for explaining what to do. Each receipe also has the greek name in greek and its phonetic pronuciation. For someone who knows Greek food and has cooked Greek food before than this is a excellent compilation. But if you don't know much about greek food and don't want to digest a whole cookbook to learn what to do, than I would recommend shying away from purchasing.

I have cooked from Ms. Yianilos' book for thirty years, and continue to use it as a trusted friend for cooking for buffets, and small dinner parties, as well as for family dinners. The recipes are inventive, complex, and tasty. They do make more than the author suggests: if she says something serves four, it probably serves eight. But I would never give up my copy for anything!

The recipes are mostly plagiarized and cleverly edited by this author (unfortunately this happens frequently with cookbook authors).

Many of the dishes bear no relationship to the reality of the dish...with ingredients left out and often in the wrong proportions. Non Greek cooks may think that this book beats all, but it is clearly a mediocre presentation of Greek cooking at best.

For an excellent and truly knowledgable Greek cookbook try

The Ultimate Greek Cookbook, by Vangelis Driskas (Patakis Publishers)

I collect cookbooks and, if you do, too, you know what I am saying when I report that the previous reviewers must not cook. I don't consider a cookbook worthy if it contains recipes like "Greek Salad" Chop head of lettuce and pour olive oil and salt and pepper on it. That's a Greek Salad? Not to a real cook. I wish I had my $6.00 back. I will resell this one as fast as possible. If you want it let me know.

I got this book for my boy friend and he loved it... it was in great shape for a used book just like it stated... I admit I was a bit leary with it being used... I'd order from here again . great value for a great price