I still remember those wonderful dishes that my grandmothers first, and then my mother, used to prepare for Sunday lunches. That rich aroma filling the whole house was already a joy in itself. 61 almost-forgotten recipes from the culinary traditions of Puglia and Salento. Recipes passed down on little handwritten notes, worn out by time yet priceless in value. This book seeks to revive, through those flavors, the memories that lie deep within us all—memories ready to once again fill your homes with their aromas. Inside you’ll find many simple recipes belonging to the tradition of Southern Italy and the wider Mediterranean, made with ingredients that are easy to find and easy to cook with: Starters from land and sea - First courses of vegetables and fish - Mouthwatering meat and seafood mains - The marvelous desserts of tradition - Plenty of nutritional advice to make these meals not only delicious but also wholesome and true to the Mediterranean diet - Beautiful, evocative photos These are not the usual recipes you’d find in every Italian cookbook, but rather the dishes of an ancient and nearly forgotten tradition. Recipes simple enough even for those who are not seasoned cooks, enriched with the spices of the Mediterranean scrub—gathered in the countryside or easily found in any grocery store. They form the very foundation of traditional Salentine cuisine, and more broadly of Mediterranean peasant cooking: humble, perhaps modest, but deeply nourishing and often surprisingly imaginative. Don’t wait any longer—buy it now!