Yogurt ─ Sweet and Savory Recipes for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

A fresh, modern yogurt-centric cookbook that showcases the versatility of this dairy superstar in 75 recipes for appetizers, salads, soups, sauces, marinades, beverages, and desserts, and provides fast and easy methods for making your own yogurt at home.

From coast to coast, an ancient food is finding an all-new audience. Americans have fallen in love with yogurt, thanks to its health-promoting cultures, creamy texture, and tangy flavor. No longer satisfied with just eating yogurt out of a little plastic snack cup, people are embracing new recipes, occasions, and creative uses for yogurt. Written for today's yogurt enthusiast, Yogurt capitalizes on the strong interest in probiotics and health foods, the continued DIY food craze, and the stunning surge in the popularity of commercial Greek yogurt in recent years. It includes a guide to purchasing quality yogurt (all of the recipes work with store-bought brands), plus simple instructions for making homemade yogurt. From Roasted Pumpkin with Yogurt and Toasted Pumpkin Seeds, to Golden Beet Soup, to Grilled Chicken with Spicy Yogurt-Saffron Marinade, these recipes are the perfect combination of simple and sophisticated, with inspiration from the culinary traditions of Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, India, and beyond.

JANET FLETCHER is the author or coauthor of more than two dozen books on food and beverages, includingCheese & Wine, Cheese & Beer, and The Cheese Course. Her weekly email newsletter,Planet Cheese, is read by cheese enthusiasts internationally, and she is a member of theGuilde Internationale des Fromagers. A longtime contributor to the San Francisco Chronicle, Janet has received three James Beard Awards and the IACP Bert Greene Award for her newspaper journalism. Her food and beverage writing has also appeared in numerous national magazines, including Saveur, Bon Appetit, Fine Cooking, Culture, and Food & Wine. She lives in Napa Valley but teaches cooking and cheese-appreciation classes around the country (see www.janetfletcher.com).