Greek Out: Sunny Vibes, High-Energy Mediterranean Flavor
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Maria Koutsogiannis built a following of millions through FoodByMaria, but it was a turn toward the Greek food she grew up with that eventually led to her popular Greek Out series. Her first cookbook expands on that idea with 120 recipes inspired by her family’s cooking and her own decidedly less traditional interpretations of it.
Koutsogiannis grew up in Canada in a Greek immigrant family from the Peloponnese, surrounded by restaurant cooks and dishes such as keftethes, horta, and her family’s lemon chicken and potatoes. Those traditions provide the foundation here, alongside plenty of liberties: meatballs are served over whipped feta; halibut and halloumi are skewered with dates and figs; and baklava becomes a towering ice cream cake.
Throughout, the emphasis is on the ingredients Koutsogiannis associates with everyday Greek cooking, including greens, beans, olive oil, oregano, garlic, feta, and phyllo, instead of elaborate technique. Meal-prep suggestions and mix-and-match strategies further adapt that cooking to contemporary routines, while photographs shot in Greece connect the recipes back to the food and places that inspired them.
Hardcover. Color photographs throughout.
Published on September 8, 2026
