With its vast range of meatless dishes, Mediterranean food is fresh and light, and Claudia Roden aims to communicate the pleasure of cooking and eating the Mediterranean way. This is a collection of 30 recipes, including tunisian grilled mixed salad, Sicilian pasta with artichokes, Spanish mushroom soup with almond and garlic picada, and Greek squid in wine sauce to name but a few. They have been collected from regions of France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Tunisia, Morocco, Syria and the Lebanon, and are divided into chapters on different kinds of dishes. Claudia Roden has included only those dishes that she has enjoyed the most, and that have proved the most popular with family and friends. Some are classics, and others are recently discovered regional dishes.