Top 8 Greek Cookbooks

1. Aphrodite's Kitchen

No, this isn't a book on cooking aphrodisiacs, though some of the recipes may fill that purpose very nicely. It's the secrets of a master Greek cook named Aphrodite who throws open her cupboards and introduces readers to great Greek cooking.

2. The Foods of the Greek Islands

Explore the Greek island cuisines in this handsomely-designed book describing the foods of the islands. By award-winning Greek cookbook author Aglaia Kremezi.

3. The Complete Greek Cookbook

This volume promises the best from three thousand years of Greek cooking, but probably covers even longer - those Minoans were pretty handy around a hearthfire.

4. Sofi's Aegean Cooking

With an emphasis on cooking bothly lightly and light-heartedly, this book is an able introduction to Greek cooking that doesn't go astray in updating some older recipes for more modern tastes.

5. The Periyali Cookbook: New Classic Greek Cooking

Enjoy a new look at the classic methods and ingredients of Greek cooking.

6. Greek Meze Cooking

Only have an appetite for appetizers? This book describes how to make all of your favorites and many more unusual ones. Break out the ouzo!

7. Traditional Greek Cooking

Subtitled "The foods and wines of Greece", this book by George Moudiotis covers the rich roots of Greek cuisine, emphasizing traditional methods and ingredients.

8. Logari - The Cookbook

This unique Greek cookbook includes all the recipes in both Greek and English, illustrates certain principles of cooking and living with an approprite poem, and celebrates the nuances of traditional cooking on Crete as presented by the Logari restaurant and cooking school.