Food hailing from the sunny Mediterranean coastline has been placed on a pedestal for decades. For food writer and stylist Georgina Hayden it is not surprising given its versatility and mass appeal as well as its being seen as healthy and nutrient rich. ‘‘While I am no nutritionist, I have spent years working alongside teams of them and it is true that they consider food from the ‘Med’ as one of the healthiest, most balanced diets on the planet.’’ A diet rich in fresh fruit and vegetables, nuts, pulses and legumes is always going to be a good idea. ‘‘But food and eating in the Mediterranean is about more than that; it is about pride in weekly markets, respecting seasonality and searching for the best quality ingredients.’’ Hayden, whose family is from Cyprus, says her latest book MEDesque reflects exactly how she cooks, day in and day out. ‘‘I feel lucky to have been born into such a food-centric Greek Cypriot family, but the cuisine of my ancestors doesn’t define how I cook now.…