ITALIAN COOKBOOK VINTAGE 1999

ITALIA ! ITALIA ! by Valentina Harris A Passion for the Real Food of Italy 1999 London Hard Cover with Dust Jacket 192 pages 10.25" x 8" x 1" Over 120 Recipes Photographs by Martin Brigdale With many years of experience teaching cooking classes in Italy, Valentina Harris, a noted UK authority on Italian food and culture, used a national cross section of Italian recipes to explore and explain the basics of Italian cooking. From Tuscan, Sicily, Piedmont, and the Veneto comes a delicious gallery of food styles and customs that reflect the best of local traditions and ingredients. The Introduction explains why and how the book was written. The following sections tell the story of each course in a standard Italian meal. It is then proceeded by a tale from one of the areas. Antipasti recipes: Buying Knives in Lucca First Courses: Gnocchi Disaster, Barolo Vines, and Making Fresh Pasta in Sicily Main Course: Inky Fingers, Truffle Hunters, Garfagnanana Night Off, Artichoke Feast Side Dishes and Sauces: Mushroom Hunt, Assistants and Pumpkins Desserts and Cakes: Venetian Rewards Recipe examples from different areas: Tuscany: Spinach Gnocchi Sicily: Spaghetti with Almond Pesto Piedmont: Rump Steak Braised in Barolo Venice: Stuffed Duck This is a fascinating Italian Cookbook