Insightful. While I knew some of the information in this book, I found it very informative and useful.

I was unable to read this one because it wouldn’t link to Kindle. It has since been archived, sadly.

I took an interest in this book as I love food, care about eating in a satisfying, but healthy way, and have traveled in some of the world's blue zones. This book does a good job of explaining what these various blue areas have in common and how we can take healthy ideas from these cultures and incorporate them into our own lives.

I loved that the format of this book was broken down by each region being discussed. The region specific recipes really allowed for an understanding of how people eat in said area.

I thought that most of the recipes were approachable for the average at home cook and the instructions were written in a clear and concise way. I think they would be easy for the average person to use and incorporate at home.

Thank you to Netgalley, Melissa Petite, and Chartwell Books for the E-copy of this book. This in no way affects the objectivity of my review.

This is a great compilation of tips and suggestions different cultures from around the world use to maintain a healthier lifestyle for longevity. The book includes recipes based on staples from these cultures. It was interesting, insightful and eye-opening.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy to review. I loved this cookbook. Describing the areas the recipes are from, explaining the importance of the foods used, and the recipe formats make this a lovely book to read and cook from. I also enjoyed the aspects of each culture that are important for living a good life (vs just listing superfoods to consume).

Live Longer, Live Better is a beautiful cookbook with gorgeous pictures and a mixed range of recipes. While the recipes were few, they were unique from other cookbooks I’ve come across. The Chickpea and Fennel stew is a new favorite. I also really enjoyed the Stuffed Chayote Squash recipe as well. The highlights of each region and the foods they eat were educational and fun. Looking forward to trying more of the recipes in the future.

While there wasn't a lot of new information in this book versus others I have read about the world's "blue zones", it's short length may make it appealing to those wanting just the basic information and a few recipes to try. What I liked most about Love Longer, Live Better was the information about a typical day in the life of the inhabitants of the people whose cultures are included in the book. I found that really interesting and was encouraged to keep up my habit of walking every day and prioritizing family meals centered on whole food plant-based meals.

Thanks to Quarto Publishing Group - Chartwell Books and NetGalley for a review copy of this book.

This was a unique take on a cookbook and I enjoyed reading about the culture and foods of different places in the world. While there weren’t a ton of recipes I’d take away (hello picky eaters in my family with small little ones) I did enjoy reading it and look forward to trying out a few new recipes and give this homemade granola a try. It’s similar to what we make already with more nut options.

Biggest takeaway, eating Whole Foods, prioritizing family, make being active a priority and eliminating stress are all themes of the places the cookbook focuses on. And I think those reminders are great to have when flipping through a cookbook to remind you food is fuel and can also be yummy!

I love the idea behind this book. It’s a really interesting read and the photos are beautiful. Unfortunately the recipes all seemed a bit boring or basic and I wasn’t inspired to cook anything, which was a bit disappointing.

I received an ARC of this cookbook from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is a great cookbook. The pictures are lovely and the recipes were varied and interesting.

This is not just a cookbook. It tell us about cultures and lifestyles, and goes even deeper into the foods most used in the region, explaining their benefits.
And then delight us with fantastic recipes. From breakfast to dinner, still passing by snacks, drinks, salads and cakes.
They are varied meals that we can cook and adapt in our daily lives.
I already made the lentil soup and chickpea soup, and they were divine.

Now all that remains is to cook the rest and for the best part, to eat it.

I will say I don't love a cookbook that has a huge portion of it being backstory but this one had pretty minimal amount of backstory to it. It had a lot of good looking recipes. I have been trying to find more plant based recipes and this book is perfect for that!

I received a copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is an interesting look at longevity around the world. I was hoping for more recipes and while there are some, I think the other information is more interesting. Petitto talks about different longevity zones - places where people life the longest - and the lifestyles and habits of people there. There isn't much talk about the role healthcare has on these life expectancies, but there's a dive into the way people in these places eat. Overall the recipes are fairly standard and somewhat as expected if you're familiar with standard American dietary changes.

Author Melissa Petitto posits that eating like the long-lived will not only help one live longer but avoid the debilitating ailments associated with old age: diabetes, arthritis, rheumatism, cancer, high blood pressure. The cookbook is divided into the cuisines of five cities plumb-full of centenarians: Okinawa, Japan; Sardinia, Italy; Loma Linda, Calif.; Ikaria, Greece; and Nicoya, Costa Rica.

You’ll get variations of the Mediterranean diet: lots of legumes, whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, meat as flavoring more than as the main ingredient. If you’re looking for healthier eating, Live Longer, Live Better: Lessons for Longevity from the World’s Healthiest Zones has greater variety than most.

In the interest of full disclosure, I received this book from NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Chartwell Books in exchange for an honest review.

Nothing new in this book unfortunately. I've read the same very basic advice elsewhere many, many times before and as a result it feels as though it's all just been copied and pasted from the internet as a way to make a swift buck.
The text wasn't displaying correctly in places so that made parts difficult to read. I'm afraid I won't be recommending this.

I really enjoyed the layout of this book. The premise of the book is to describe the blue zones and the lifestyle and food that comes from those areas. If you aren't familiar with the blue zones, there are 5 zones in the world with the highest population of centenarians. This book has a neat theme.

The layout is really nice in that it gives recipes sectioned off by the zones so you can truly embrace learning about Italy, Greece, Japan, Costa Rica, and the US.

I'm really excited to try the recipe for the olive oil, orzo, and wild greens soup. There's also a recipe for a Sardinian pastry- Seadas. They look really good.

Pay close attention to the 10 tenets of longevity as well. I found this information to be easy to incorporate into my daily life.

I really liked the idea behind that book, talking about general approach to life in regions where people live longer. This makes it much more than a cookbook. The recipes look delicious and I’m really looking forward to trying some of them, especially since I’m travelling to Greece soon. However, some of them look quite uncreative and can be found all over the place already. Others seem to be not actually recipes from that region but rather just inspired by that food. Also I was a little confused by the layout, having the title of the recipe not above the actual instructions but with the picture. I imagine that will be differently in the printed version. All in all some interesting insights and inspiring recipes but nothing outstanding.

While the whole book was interesting, my favorite part was the recipes from each blue zone the author highlights. I liked that they were doable and used ingredients that most people can easily find at the grocery store.

Thank you Netgalley and Chartwell Books for this eCopy of Live Longer, Live Better to review.

I am very interested in learning how to live longer so was very excited to read this book. I found it very straightforward to understand the reasoning behind the science of why people live longer in these regions. I particularly enjoyed the day in a life pages for each long living community as it really brought the information from the first section alive.

The recipes are easy to follow and most importantly for me they all have a photograph of the finished dish.

They layout of this book is horrendous.
There is so much white space; not only is this "ugly" it begs the question why the font is so insanely small when there is clearly more room to fill the page.

My other 'most hated' aspect is that recipe titles are not with the recipes, rather they are above the picture. In a print version, this may work if the photo is the opposite page but it does not work in the ebook, which is what I have and I imagine most people will buy.

I found the recipes rather simple and unimaginative. I would have preferred to see some new ideas, not the same typical foods in every single "mediterranean" cookbook or vegan cookbook. Can we please stop publishing cookbooks with lentil salads, green smoothies, chia puddings, burrito bowls, tomato soup, no bake oat cookies, etc? Literally no one needs recipes for these anymore. The amount of olive oil used in every recipe is, frankly, alarming.

To be fair, I did find some newer ideas in the Japan and Sardina section, though only because those recipes used an ingredient (e.g. bitter melons) that I've never seen sold at any store I shop at. The photos are nice.

Lastly, the "rice shake with cinnamon" from mexico is actually called HORCHATA