My Big Fat Greek Cookbook: Classic Mediterranean Soul Food Recipes

My Big Fat Greek Cookbook is a comprehensive overview of Greek food, recipes, and family culture documented by Christos Sourligas as his mother neared the end of her life. The book was a 2020 Finalist Award winner for the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. The cookbook contains 65 recipes alongside photographs, traditional meals, family memories, and cultural information. It features dishes ranging from egg-lemon sauce and soups to sweet pies and traditional specialties like rabbit stew and octopus with pasta, along with tales of Greek history and cultural insights. Recipes include meatballs (keftedes), lentils (fatkes), stuffed vegetables (gemistra), spinach pie (spanakopita), tzatziki, spaghetti with cheese (makaronia me tyri), roast lamb (arni sto fourno), moussaka, apple cake (milopita), rice pudding (rizogalo), and others. Beyond ingredient lists and instructions, the book offers a window into a Greek family's approach to living a fuller, more meaningful life nourished by simple, authentic Greek meals accessible to readers anywhere.