MEDesque: Everyday Recipes with Mediterranean Roots

Escape to sun-soaked coastlines with the glorious flavours of MEDesque.

Delicious and easy recipes to be cooked at home by anyone and everyone. Bring a touch of the Med to your table with iconic and inspired dishes including:

- Lamb, apricot and feta sausage rolls
- Gnocchi puttanesca
- Spiced lemony roast chicken with crushed baby potatoes
- One-pan 'nduja, pepper and three cheese lasagne
- Double chocolate pannacotta with cherries
- Salted honey butter madeleines

From weeknight dinners to weekend feasts, travel through Italy, Spain, the Middle East and beyond in your own MEDesque kitchen with over 110 effortless, sensational recipes.

Review

'Vibrant, comforting food destined to become firm favourites... Delicious, easy food that's full of happiness. Every recipe is a sun-dappled invitation to cook and to feast' ― Jamie Oliver

'Warmth, boldness, approachability and a general sense that all is good in the world. All this applies to the food in MEDesque. It's joyful, generous and drenched in olive oil.' ― Yotam Ottolenghi

'With this wonderful new book Georgie takes us on a dream tour around the Mediterranean and picks up all the best bits so that our meals can be sunnier, happier, easier and infinitely more delicious - what a treat!' ― Itamar Srulovich, Honey & Co.

'Irresistible recipes that spark cravings on every page' ― Yasmin Khan

About the Author

Georgina Hayden is a cook, food writer and stylist from north London. She writes for publications such as The Telegraph, Delicious Magazine and Observer Food Monthly, and in 2021 she won the Fortnum & Mason Best Cookery Writer Award for her work in Waitrose Food magazine. She has appeared on Radio 4's Woman's Hour, and regularly appears on Channel 4's Sunday Brunch and BBC1's Saturday Kitchen.

Growing up above her grandparents' Greek Cypriot taverna, Georgina developed a love of cooking and storytelling through the recipes passed down to her. She started her career as food assistant, working at various food magazines, and then went on to join Jamie Oliver's food team where she worked for 12 years. There she did everything from styling, developing and writing recipes for books and TV, magazines and campaigns. Her first book, Stirring Slowly, was published in 2016, followed by the book about the food of her Cypriot family, Taverna, in 2019. Her third book, Nistisima: The secret to delicious Mediterranean vegan food was a Sunday Times bestseller and was voted Best Cookbook at the OFM and Fortnum & Mason Awards.