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Nosthimia!: The Greek American Family Cookbook (New American Family Cookbooks)

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"Nosthimia" is the Greek word for delicious and this cookbook is filled with just that: delicious appetizers, soups, salads, main dishes, desserts and so many other amazing recipes. I enjoyed this book on a number of levels from the recipes themselves, to the small side stories scattered throughout the book. I have tried a number of the recipes with my mother and I would like to share a couple of them with you. "Georgia's Famous Baklava with Olive Oil" was a fairly simple recipe to make and is absolutely delicious. Once you try it, you will find yourself flipping to that page quite often! Another recipe, "Hamburgers Stuffed with Feta Cheese", is an unexpected twist to your usual Memorial Day cookout of hamburgers and hot dogs. This Greek Style hamburger is very delicious and I hope you give it a try. This cookbook is one of a kind. It allows you to experience the foods of the Greek culture while still having an American touch in terms of the time involved and the nutritious content in each of the recipes. I hope you give the book a try because I think you'll agree that it is filled with "Nosthimia" foods.

Nosthimia! is excellent. The recipes are easy to make yet delicious, just like the recipes that Georgia makes on her tv show. Unlike many other cookbooks, the ingredients can be easily found in almost any local supermarket. I was happily surprised that I didn't have to make a trip to a specialty market. I made several of the recipes for a dinner party including the feta cheese triangles and chicken stuffed grape leaves. I have to say that both recipes were delicious and my guests loved them.

I plan on using this cookbook on a regular basis. The recipes are delicious and provide just a hint of exotic Greek flavors. As an avid cook and cookbook purchaser, this is one of the best new cookbooks on the market.

These recipes are simple enough for weeknight cooking, but they are delicious and quite good enough for entertaining as well. I recently served the 'appetizer meatballs' and 'kalamata olive spread' at a small gathering. The meatballs vanished in short order and the olive spread tempted several folks who 'don't like olives' to give them another chance. I substituted aleppo pepper for the black pepper but otherwise made these recipes exactly as printed. The spanakopita recipe has a much shorter ingredient list than my usual one, and includes fennel, which mine doesn't. As much as I like my old recipe, I like Georgia's better and will stick with it. My favorite thing about Nosthimia is the ease of preparation compared to some other Greek cookbooks I've used. This book is full of recipes for tasty, nourishing food that won't take hours to prepare but will fill your house with tempting aromas and satisfy your hunger.

I expected long complicated lists of recipe ingredients and intricate steps. Not so! The lists were short and the instructions were about as simple as possible. Some grocery stores may not stock all the ingredients as few as they are so you may have to shop around or order online. Very easy and healthy cooking!

Georgia Sarianides has owned and operated several successful restaurants in her career, as well as running her own cooking school. For the past five years she has hosted the cable television show "Cooking with Georgia". In Nosthimia!: The Greek American Family Cookbook, Georgia has distilled the best of what she knows about Greek cuisine into a compilation of truly mouth-watering dishes. From My Mother's Village-Style Veal Soup (Horiatiki Soupa); to Aromatic Grilled Chicken with Wine (Aromatiki Kota sta Karvouna); to Calzone Stuffed with Meat (Kaltsounia Gemista me Kima), Nosthimia! offers 185 recipes that are truly delicious (nosthimia)!

best cookbook ever, i grew up on this stuff but i moved out years ago and i could never recreate the recipes from my mom's cooking. until i finally got this book. the ingredients are available at any grocery store. my mom's recipes that she gave me had me traveling all over town to get them, and the funny thing is that they taste the same or better. This woman is a godsend she made cooking greek so easy for me that i am cooking everyday for cheap. best 12.24$ i ever spent. i have amazed friends and family with the things i made out of this book. And i forgot to mention that i am a guy who always messed up his omelets in the morning. She covers everything from meats to vegetarian meals to desserts, and the orange cake recipe is to die for.

I have several Greek cookbooks because I find this style of cooking healthy and delicious. What I like about this book is that the author takes the best of the cuisine and makes it easy to prepare. So far what I've tried has been an "A." This is worth having in your kitchen.

I bought this book as a Christmas Gift for a young girl who loves the Olympics. I think it is a great book and in the middle of the cookbook she gives a little history of the Olympics in Greece. I personally have not tried any of the recipes, but I am sure they are great. The person I gave it to loves the book.

This is one of the finest cook books I have come across. The recipes are easy to follow and the product comes out great. I would recommend it to anyone who loves to cook like me. Happy eating.

GEEZ LOUEEZ! This USED to be on my WISH list and suddenly shot up twenty times from the normal $20 price to $249 dollars? Gimme a break! I think you should get a sniff of REALITY, your recipes just ARE NOT THAT GOOD! Give us a break! That is totally disgusting! You should leave this Forum thinking this much of yourself. REALLY? I thought so much of Greek cooking, but not so much on this book now that it is WORTH SO MUCH NOW! It was on my wish list for so long and I could not afford it, I could definitely NOT AFFORD the hundreds of dollars asked for this stupid cookbook after years of having it on my wishlist. Mallarkey! Why is the price Ten OR more much greater now? TELL US THAT!

Nosthimia!: The Greek American Family Cookbook (New American Family Cookbooks)