Favorite Brand Name Country Italian Favorite Brand Name Recipes
February 10, 2010 by Pasta Recipes · Leave a Comment
Favorite Brand Name Country Italian Favorite Brand Name
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User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars
One of Best, Easy-To-Use Cookbooks I Own
I have to say, I was suspicious of the title for this cook book, because, let’s
face it, usually “brand names” are out trying to accomplish one thing - selling their own
name!
However, this book has surpassed all of my expectations. Not only are the full-page
pictures on every page gorgeous, mouth-watering, and helpful, but EVERY SINGLE recipe
I’ve tried have been EXCELLENT.
The best thing is that this book is that, in its efforts to use “brand name” products,
the recipes are simple and easy-to-understand, with shortcuts like using canned diced
tomatoes or pre-made Italian dressing. Usually I have everything the recipe calls for right
in my cupboard, and substitutions are easy to make. Because of this book, I’ve become
more creative, trying out things I never would have dared to experiment with before.
Best cookbook I’ve ever owned!
The Cookies That Sonny Likes And Other Authentic Recipes of Delicious Homemade Italian Cookies
February 1, 2010 by Pasta Recipes · Leave a Comment
The Cookies That Sonny Likes And Other Authentic Recipes of Delicious
Homemade Italian Cookies
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Whether you grew up enjoying these Homemade Italian Cookies (or just wish
you did) you’ll want to add this cookbook, put together by a self-described sweet tooth
anthropologist, to your collection. It includes a baker’s dozen worth of recipes (13) written
for the novice baker. Double-page spreads also include kitchen secrets, difficulty ratings,
assorted cookie names and identifying photographs for each cookie recipe!
Recipes from Paradise Life and Food on the Italian Riviera
January 26, 2010 by Pasta Recipes · Leave a Comment
Recipes from Paradise Life and Food on the Italian Riviera
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Italy’s healthiest, most flavorful regional cuisine comes alive in this richly
illustrated cookbook from one of the world’s leading authorities on Italian food. From
pesto to foccacia, the region’s best-known specialties, to more unusual dishes, Fred Plotkin
shows how to recreate more than 200 authentic Ligurian dishes and enjoy a true taste of
paradise. 30 photos.
User Ratings and Reviews
1 Star
Recipes From Paradise, Fred Plotkin
I bought this book and was very disappointed by the recipes. It is beautifully
presented but the recipes were, in my opinion, probably not tested by the author for
either flavor or correct proportion of ingredients.
For example, the Pansoti (little
Ligurian raviolis) and walnut sauce recipe was a loser from start to finish. The ingredients
for the pasta dough were so far out of whack as to be unusable (and that includes both
the one for the actual recipe and the book’s generic pasta dough recipe). The stuffing for
the pansoti’s (and I followed the recipe as written) was devoid of flavor and the walnut
sauce (and the directions for its application to the pasta) was very poor. It had decent
flavor but came out very thick and paste like, again, the result of poor, inaccurate
ingredient proportions.
Given the price of this book, it is not at all a good
buy.
I’m an experienced cook and because of a trip to Liguria I was excited about
trying this book. Unfortunately, the book is, in my view, all show and possesses little
substance. I would advise against buying it.
Pasta Fresca An Exuberant Collection of Fresh Vivid and Simple Pasta Recipes
January 8, 2010 by Pasta Recipes · Leave a Comment
Pasta Fresca An Exuberant Collection of Fresh Vivid and Simple Pasta
Recipes
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In 1985 two young women chefs with enormous, vitality and
imagination published their first cookbook, Cucina Fresca. For many readers it was
more than a cookbook; it was a love affair.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars
Who needs pictures? It’s the taste that counts!
I bought this cookbook several years ago. While other cookbooks while away
in the cupboard, “Pasta Fresca” lives on my kitchen counter.
The recipes are good and mostly easy. The only challenge is finding some of the
ingredients. (Luckily most of the recipes do not require hard-to-find ingredients.) But the
search for black olive paste is well worth it: “Fusilli lunghi all’ Amalfitana” sends us to
Seventh Heaven regularly. Why, it’s almost as good as a trip to the fairy tale land of Amalfi!
Return to Tuscany Recipes from a Tuscan Cookery School
December 19, 2009 by Pasta Recipes · Leave a Comment
Return to Tuscany Recipes from a Tuscan Cookery School
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A marvelous compendium of recipes, cooking instruction, and insights into
the culture and culinary traditions of Tuscany.
Giancarlo and Katie Caldesi, the team
behind two of London’s most popular Tuscan restaurants, decided to relocate to
Tuscany for a few months—to rediscover Giancarlo’s culinary roots and to run a series
of courses in traditional Tuscan cooking. Return to Tuscany is a delightful record of
their sojourn. Each chapter begins with a lesson, echoing the different stages of their
cooking course, guiding you through the basic techniques of making pasta, assembling
an antipasti platter, cooking meat on an open fire, and baking your own focaccia. In 80
regional recipes—from Jam Crostata and Pici with Arrabiata Sauce to Chicken with
Cinnamon and Lemon—Giancarlo and Katie reveal methods passed down through
generations of the Caldesi family. Evocatively illustrated throughout with color photos of
the food and the landscape, Return to Tuscany is an inspiring introduction to the
culture and culinary traditions of this fabled region of Italy.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars
Not just a cookbook!
I read this book from cover to cover! I recently returned from a trip to
Tuscany, and the information about the Tuscan culture increased my appreciation of
what I had seen and experienced. It is truly a book about a family living in Tuscany–with
recipes. I recommend that others read it before, as well as after, travelling to that
beautiful area of Italy.
Simple and Fresh A Century of Traditional Italian Recipes
December 15, 2009 by Pasta Recipes · Leave a Comment
Simple and Fresh A Century of Traditional Italian Recipes
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User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars
Pleasing to the Palate
Wow! What great Italian recipes. Simple, fresh, and mouth watering. You
can’t go wrong with this cookbook. It will be a great asset to your collection.
Eat This Too
December 11, 2009 by Pasta Recipes · Leave a Comment
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With his first smash cookbook, Eat This, the nation discovered
that cooking is a passion Dom DeLuise and his family take seriously. Now ke’s back with
more delicious recipes inspired by a lifetime of good eating. Perfect for the low-fat tastes
of the nineties, these are treasures collected from both family and friends, and created in
the freshest, healthiest, most mouthwatering traditions.
Discover an array of more
than 125 quick, easy dishes that feature intriguing combinations of spices, fresh
vegetables, and lean meals for the ultimate in zesty, guilt-free dining. And no Dom
DeLuise cookbook would be complete without excursions into the kitchens of his celebrity
pals from coast to coast. Dom has shared food with such friends as Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner,
President and Mrs. Clinton, Shirley MacLaine, Norman Lear, Danny DeVito and Rhea
Perlman, Harrison Ford, Burt Reynolds and many others.
Whether he’s sharing his
humor, his lasagna, or the best shrimp and squid salad you ever tasted, Dom turns food
into a celebration every time. Sprinkled with memories of his Mama (a great cook whose
recipes Dom admits to stealing), this Brooklyn boy’s cookbook serves up happy and
healthy fare that is really easy to fix and delicious. And it brims with one ingredient no
other can match: mucho love!
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars
A very good cookbook.
This is a very good cookbook, but I think I like the first one better. “Eat This!”
the original, was more practical and is one cookbook I have used more than any other I
own. Dom does have quite a habit of hampering his cookbooks with more than a little
name-dropping. (i.e. You hear of all the stars who have eaten his food, but you rarely find
out what they liked about it.) But the two “Eat This!” books are well worth the money.
The Table My Mother Set A Collection of Traditional Family Recipes from My Mothers Italian Kitchen to Yours
November 27, 2009 by Pasta Recipes · Leave a Comment
The Table My Mother Set A Collection of Traditional Family Recipes from My
Mothers Italian Kitchen to Yours
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From start to finish, this cookbook has been a “labor of love.” This self-
published book is a collection not only of traditional recipes which garnished one family’s
table, but it is also a sampling of the traditions which brought this close-knit Italian family
together. All of the 81 recipes contained within this book are accompanied by color
photos taken personally by the author as they were prepared for actual meals.
128 pages, illustrated
1st Printing
December 2007
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars
A great link with an Italian Mother-in-law & family
My husband is Italian & I am the first non-Italian in the family. I fondly say I am
adopted Italian. I loved the book and have purchased one for each of my three
daughters and daughter-in-law. I spent the afternoon going page by page through the
book with my 90 year old mother-in-law. She enjoyed the book very much saying “I
remember when I made that and she delighted with the Italian phrases and pictures of
the family. My profession is a psychiatric clinical Nurse specialist and this book is very
therapeutic as a strength builder in family culture and relationships as well as a bridge
between generations. [...]
Michele Valentino
Low Fat Italian Low Fat Ways to Cook
November 5, 2009 by Pasta Recipes · Leave a Comment
Low Fat Italian Low Fat Ways to Cook
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Enjoy good-tasing, low-fat version of classic favorites and the best of
contemporary Italian dishes with this all-new cookbook. Over 100 recipes allow cooks to
plan quick, nutritios dishes featuring fresh and flavorful ingredients. Recipes are
accompanied by complete nutritional analysis. Photos.
Michael Psilakis’ Pork Sofrito
October 25, 2009 by Pasta Recipes · Leave a Comment
