More Than Meatballs ─ From Arancini to Zucchini Fritters and 65 Recipes in Between

Round morsels of bite-sized savory foodsmeat, poultry, fish, grains, and vegetableshave never been more popular. Cooks in Turkey, alone, choose from more than 150 traditional recipes for meatballs. It’s nearly impossible to get a seat in New York City’s Meatball Shop, and food trucks that feature an enormous array of meatballs are popping up all over the United States and beyond.

More Than Meatballs offers dozens of recipes, from classic Italian polpetti and French boule de viande to Spanish and Mexican albondigas, Moroccan merguez meatballs, Sicilian arancini (stuffed risotto balls), and carrot fritters. A final chapter features meatballs in traditional and contemporary contexts, with soups, salads, tacos, sandwiches, and, of course, spaghetti.

In addition, the book offers natural options for gluten-free meatballs and practical suggestions for making your kitchen meatball friendly.

Michele Anna Jordan has written nearly twenty books, including the highly acclaimedVinaigrettes and Other Dressings and the Good Cook’s Books series. She has received numerous awards, among them a James Beard Award for Magazine Feature Writing and a Sonoma County Best Chef Award. Today she writes four weekly columns for theSanta Rosa Press Democrat and also writes for Sonoma magazine. She resides in Sebastopol, California.

Liza Gershman is an award-winning lifestyle, food, and travel photographer whose passions have taken her to forty-five states and thirty-three countries. She resides in San Francisco, California.