"To help his patients improve their health, Dr. Angelo Acquista began "prescribing" them recipes for nutritious and flavorful home-cooked meals prepared with ingredients key to the Mediterranean diet. The Mediterranean Family Table combines his medical experience and Sicilian roots to outline the guiding principles of the Mediterranean diet and takes it one step further with a collection of easy, wholesome, and delicious recipes the entire family will love,"--Amazon.com.

Includes index.

Introduction -- Eat healthy : mangiare sano -- What Is the Mediterranean diet? -- What makes the Mediterranean diet so good for you? -- Eating and drinking: the fabulous 14 -- Tutti a tavola: all to the table, babies to seniors -- Going Mediterranean at any age and budget -- Eat simple : mangiare semplice -- Stocking your kitchen for the whole family -- Easy tips for buying, storing, and cooking ingredients -- Eat well : mangiare bene -- Breakfast and lunch -- Purees -- Salads -- Soups -- Vegetables -- Legumes -- Pasta and other grains -- Fish and other seafood -- Poultry and meat -- On the grill -- Desserts -- Dressings and sauces -- Grazie -- Appendix: Sources for nutrients -- Universal conversion chart.