Cooking with Italian Grandmothers: Recipes and Stories from Tuscany to Sicily
Description
WINNER 2011 IACP Judges Choice Cookbook Award (International Association of
Culinary Professionals) WINNER 2011 IPPY Gold Award (Independent Publisher
Book Awards) Best Italian Cookbook of 2010 – Publisher’s Weekly American chef
Jessica Theroux spent a year traveling throughout Italy, cooking and talking
with Italian grandmothers, learning their secrets and listening to their
stories. The result is a charming and authentic collection of recipes,
techniques, anecdotes, and photographs that celebrate the rustic and
sustainable culinary traditions of Italy’s most experienced home cooks.
Cooking with Italian Grandmothers features the histories and menus of fifteen
grandmothers, each of whom welcomed Ms. Theroux into their kitchens and
pantries and shared both their favorite dishes and personal wisdoms. From the
dramatic winter shores if Ustica to the blooming hills of Tuscany in spring,
readers will journey through Italy’s most divers regions and seasons, to
discover the country’s most delectable dishes, from the traditional to the
unexpected, and meet the storied women who make them. Part travel diary, part
photo essay, part cookbook, Cooking with Italian Grandmothers features over
100 time-honored recipes, from the perfect panna cotta to the classic meat
lasagna. Includes: Recipes and wisdom from 12 Italian grandmothers 100 classic
Italian recipes A number of regional and seasonal menus, complete from
appetizer to dessert. Over 150 full color photographs. Read more
Features:
Product Details:
- Publisher : Welcome Books; Illustrated edition (September 28, 2010)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 250 pages
- ISBN-10 : 3
- ISBN-13 : 93
- Item Weight : 3.12 pounds
- Dimensions : 9.33 x 1.31 x 9.26 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #491,941 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #604 in Italian Cooking, Food & Wine #871 in Travel Writing Reference #1,476 in Travelogues & Travel Essays
- #604 in Italian Cooking, Food & Wine