Medesque: Everyday Recipes with Mediterranean Roots

A Maldon Salt Cookbook Club Pick
"Joyful, generous and drenched in olive oil." -YOTAM OTTOLENGHI
"Delicious, easy food that's full of happiness." -JAMIE OLIVER

Antipasti Pasta Salad + Fried Gnocchi with Crispy Sausage and Broccoli + Creamy Lentil, Potato, Garlic Stew + One-Pan Moussaka + Bacon Halloumi Burgers + Charred Corn, Chorizo, Avocado Salad + Churro-style Dutch Baby + Amalfi Lemon Wedding Cake + Negroni Floats + Greek Cherryade

Cook your way along the Mediterranean coast with more than 100 sunny, salty recipes from award-winning chef Georgina Hayden.

In Med-esque, award-winning food writer Georgina Hayden finds the very best recipes from across the Mediterranean and adapts them to suit the home cook. Incorporating the modern twists and tricks that made Greekish such a fan favorite, Med-esque is full of dreamy recipes that meet the summer produce season-and beat the heat-perfectly. From Spain to Egypt, the Balkans to Italy, these recipes are delicious, feel-good, and as sunny and refreshing as the Mediterranean itself.

Author: Georgina Hayden
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 06/09/2026
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.25lbs
Size: 9.77h x 7.57w x 1.11d
ISBN: 9781639738823


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/01/2026

About the Author

Georgina Hayden is a cook and food writer who in 2021 won the Fortnum & Mason Best Cookery Writer Award. She has appeared on CBS Mornings and BBC1, and her work has been published in the Guardian, People, Conde Nast Traveler, The Times and others. Her most recent book, Greekish, was named a Best of the Year by Esquire, the Los Angeles Times, NPR, and Table, was a Sunday Times bestseller, and was a Jamie Oliver Cookbook Club Pick. Her first book, Nistisima, was a Sunday Times bestseller and was voted Best Cookbook at the OFM and Fortnum & Mason Awards. She lives in London.
@georginahayden