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Best-selling author Dan Buettner debuts his first cookbook, filled with 100 longevity recipes inspired by the Blue Zones locations around the world, where people live the longest. Building on decades of research, longevity expert Dan Buettner has gathered 100 recipes inspired by the Blue Zones, home to the healthiest and happiest communities in the world. Each dish--for example, Sardinian Herbed Lentil Minestrone; Costa Rican Hearts of Palm Ceviche; Cornmeal Waffles from Loma Linda, California; and Okinawan Sweet Potatoes-- uses ingredients and cooking methods proven to increase longevity, wellness, and mental health. Complemented by mouthwatering photography, the recipes also include lifestyle tips (including the best times to eat dinner and proper portion sizes), all gleaned from countries as far away as Japan and as near as Blue Zones project cities in Texas. Innovative, easy to follow, and delicious, these healthy living recipes make the Blue Zones lifestyle even more attainable, thereby improving your health, extending your life, and filling your kitchen with happiness. Read more
Publisher : National Geographic
Publication date : December 3, 2019
Edition : 1st
Language : English
Print length : 304 pages
ISBN-10 : 1426220138
ISBN-13 : 35
Item Weight : 2.45 pounds
Reading age : 1 year and up
Dimensions : 8.31 x 1.06 x 10.28 inches
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Top Amazon Reviews
Format: Hardcover
What I think you will like about this cookbook as I do, the recipes contain most everything I already have in my kitchen. Based on my personal study (as a layman) of heart disease, kidney failure, weight loss, and high blood pressure, the ingredients used in these recipes contain what’s needed to improve these conditions. Some oddies for me - “Iced Banapple Tumeric Smoothie” (Okinawa Japan) page 121, contains only five healthy ingredients, a ripe banana, an apple in pieces, 1 tsp turmeric powder, 1 c vanilla soy milk, and 5 cups of ice - meant to reduce inflammation, which is said to be the major source of these conditions. (Check out Organic Eden Soy if you’re concerned about soy as I WAS, read its production on their website.). Sardinia Italy.: one of their titled recipes: Minestrone Three Ways, one way is identified as Minestrone with Fennel and & Wild Garlic, and a side bar that gives two other ways of making it with common ingredients. That is why I kept the book. It’s awesome!
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Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2026 by I Love Shopping
Format: Hardcover
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.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2022 by Still waiting
Format: Hardcover
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.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2024 by TofuMan
Format: Hardcover
really nice cookbook- has some great stories and recipes in it
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2026 by Annie
Format: Hardcover
I absolutely adore this book! On a previous visit to my Dr I asked what he recommended for weight loss. He suggested that I learn more about the Blue Zone and that he tries to follow it myself. In the past I've been a bit disappointed by cookbooks- some recipes haven't always been that pleasing to my taste... This book has gorgeous pictures, also goes into details about the concepts behind following the Blue Zone lifestyle and 100 recipes. First thing I did was to review all the recipes that seemed appealing- I ended up earmarking almost every single recipe in it! I've only tried a handful but so far all of them have been delicious and I wouldn't mind serving them to company! Several are so simple to make and amazingly delicious. I've never used tofu before but some of the recipes are very clever, from making a fantastic chocolate mousse pie to making a ricotta alternative to use with a lasagna soup! I made one of the simplest just to test the author's claim that it satisfied him " as much a meal that takes 20 times longer to prepare"- it actually was as simple as he claimed and very filling! I love preparing these recipes and then tossing them into my freezer so I always have a selection of healthy choices whenever I want one. This recipe book has been a game changer for me and I recommend it to everyone! I even bought a copy of it for my daughter.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2024 by Elizabeth
Format: Hardcover
When this book first arrived, I was shocked by the wonderful quality for what I paid. What a deal! The pictures are actually quite beautiful and the back stories for recipes and regions are intriguing! I bought this book to encourage myself on my health journey and to make delicious recipes for my family to encourage them to be healthy, too. When I first saw all the veggies, I thought there was no way I could get my Midwesterner meat eating husband and fast food loving teenage sons to eat these meals, but I’ve been pleasantly surprised. The Ikarian Fennel Stew was a hit! My husband got a second bowl and one of my sons quickly scarfed it down. I personally love the falafel recipe, it makes enough food to last me all week and there are still so many recipes I look forward to trying! Since cooking from this book as a predominant method, I have lost weight without trying which has been another added bonus. Here’s to not just eating healthy, but to eating delicious foods along the way!
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Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2024 by Josie Jae
Format: Hardcover
I really appreciate the healthy approach to everyday meals in The Blue Zones Kitchen. I’m not expecting to live to 120, but I’d certainly like to avoid dying of heart disease at 65—and this book feels like a step in the right direction. The recipes are wholesome, flavorful, and rooted in traditions that prioritize longevity and well-being. However, I’m genuinely surprised and disappointed that the book doesn’t include an index. It’s a cookbook, after all. If I have chicken on hand and want to make a chicken dish, I shouldn’t have to flip through every page hoping to stumble across one. An index is a basic, practical tool that makes a cookbook usable in real life, especially when you're cooking on the fly. Because of this oversight, I’m docking the book two stars. It would have easily earned five otherwise. Great content, but missing a key feature that makes it truly functional.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2025 by Flintstone
Format: Hardcover
Beautiful hard cover book! Great recipes and great to learn about the healthy habits of the Blue Zone. Learned alot and look forward to trying all the recipes!
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2026 by Lo