The Blue Zones Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Live to 100

👌AWESOME ! I have bought 2 of these "Cookbooks" ! Try to buy the "Spiral Bound" style Cookbook. It is much easier to use while following the recipes ! Beautiful & vibrant photographs to match the "Worldly Recipes". The explanations, writing, shared knowledge of spices, & natural ingredients make this book a fun & great motivator in the kitchen. Better than being there ! Thank you ! YAY ! Washington, DC

If you’ve ever thought, “I’d love to cook like someone who can blow out 100 birthday candles without needing a nap,” then The Blue Zones Kitchen is your culinary holy grail. This book is essentially the love child of a cookbook and a life coach, showing you how to eat like the world’s longest-living people while keeping things simple, hearty, and delicious. The recipes hail from the fabled “Blue Zones”—places like Sardinia, Okinawa, and Nicoya—where people somehow outsmart death while making meals that are surprisingly low on kale but high on flavor. It’s filled with vibrant, plant-based dishes that make you realize beans are not just a side dish—they’re the main event. And it’s a feast! Chickpeas, black beans, fava beans, beans that probably haven’t even been named yet—they’re all here, ready to make you feel like a champion of longevity. The best part? The recipes aren’t preachy. You’re not required to meditate while stirring the soup or perform yoga poses between courses. It’s all about creating wholesome, satisfying food that nourishes without making you feel like you’ve been banished to a life of quinoa and sadness. And don’t worry, you’re not signing up for a monk-like existence. There’s wine (thank you, Sardinia!), there’s olive oil, there’s bread—because even centenarians know that life without bread isn’t really living. The Blue Zones Kitchen isn’t just a cookbook; it’s a passport to living longer, better, and tastier. It’s filled with mouthwatering photos and storytelling that makes you feel like you’re learning the secrets of life from your wise old Italian grandmother—except she’s also best friends with a Japanese fisherman and a Costa Rican farmer. Highly recommended for anyone wanting to add a dash of longevity to their plate without sacrificing flavor.

I have a LOT of plant based cookbooks. This one is such a wealth of information, extremely interesting, gorgeous photography, and simple, interesting, authentic dishes that our grandparents and great grandparents ate daily. Don't pay attention to the sniping - the majority of the centenarians across the 5 blue zones were NOT vegan, and DID eat grains regularly. Which should put to rest the Western phobia about grains and gluten. But apparently many did not make that connection. The recipes are simple and tasty - after all, they are what everyday rural, non-industrial populations eat EVERYDAY (someone criticized the recipes for being "ordinary everyday food." And surprise, there is white flour and sugar in a few recipes. So, yes, if you're eating pounds of beans and vegetables everyday and getting lots of daily exercise, a) prevalence of lifestyle disease is very very low or nonexistent, and therefore, b) it's possible to enjoy a sweet treat once or twice a week - like ONE serving, not a whole cake - without your body and brain having a meltdown. Don't be deceived by the simplicity of most of the recipes - the natural flavors of the whole foods, the food and spices and herb combinations reveal the instinctive genius of our ancestors and explains the lack of lifestyle diseases that lead to the long, slow, and miserable health declines we've come to take for granted in the past 100 years. If you didn't die of infectious diseases, accidents, or acute, random maladies such as appendicitis, or childbirth, most people lived into their 80s. Then in the 50s, in spite of the miracle drugs such a insulin, antibiotics, etc, more people began living into older age - but began declining sooner. Doesn't have to be that way.

A lovely and well illustrated cook book. A real range and variety of recipes with clear instructions. I've already made some lovely dishes and looking forward to many more over the coming months

Beautifully designed and so uplifting! And then there’s the recipes…easy to prepare and delicious! I’ve tried 5 so far.

I’ve followed Dan Buettner’s work for a long time now and find his work on the blue zones to be extremely interesting. I started eating around 80% of my diet in the blue zones manner and enjoyed it so much I’ve been eating almost solely in this way. I find the recipes and information in the book to be excellent. Not only healthy and easy to prepare but also very tasty and economical. There is room for adding your own creative flair whilst keeping the recipe within the ethos of the blue zones. Many of these recipes are so easy you’ll wonder why you never thought of them yourself. Highly recommended!

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I was compelled to buy The Blue Zones Kitchen after watching the Netflix documentary, and I’m so glad I did! The recipes have quickly become staples in our house. The instructions are easy to follow, making cooking a breeze, even for someone like me who’s not a pro in the kitchen. The pictures are gorgeous and really inspire you to try new dishes. Plus, the variety of recipes keeps the meals interesting, and it’s exciting to try new flavors that are healthy and delicious.