Yassou

“The joyful spirit of Yassou (Greek for ‘to your health’) permeates this collection… . . Recipes will appeal to vegans, vegetarians, and carnivores alike. Lipa’s wide range of filling appetizers, soups, mains, and more make this a necessary addition to any Mediterranean cookbook collection!” –Booklist, STARRED REVIEW“Shaily captures the Greek classics with a fresh eye and recipes that are simple, robust, and healthy. Every page brims with bright, beautiful food that will make you want to either run to the kitchen or buy an airplane ticket to Greece.”–Diane Kochilas, award-winning cookbook author and host of My Greek Table“Shaily Lipa is the real deal. She’s got soul, she’s got style, and–most importantly–she’s one of the best cooks I know. As much a travelogue as it is a cookbook, Yassou will transport you to Shaily’s Greece with every recipe, photograph, and family story–and it’s a very delicious journey.”–Adeena Sussman, author of Shabbat and Sababa

Shaily Lipa is a recipe developer and content creator based in Tel Aviv, with family roots in Greece and Turkey. She hosts three popular cooking shows in Israel, “At Home with Shaily,” “Super Shaily,” and “Recipe for Saving,” on two of leading television stations and she has authored eleven best-selling cookbooks published in Hebrew. She graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from the Department of Agriculture. Yassou! is her first cookbook in English.