Lidia's Commonsense Italian Cooking: 150 Delicious and Simple Recipes Anyone Can Master Author: Tanya Bastianich Manuali | Language: English | ISBN:
B00CGI3DYO | Format: EPUB
Lidia's Commonsense Italian Cooking: 150 Delicious and Simple Recipes Anyone Can Master Description
In her beautifully illustrated new cookbook, Lidia Bastianich lays out a comprehensive curriculum of wise cooking tips--from the cutting board to the kitchen table. Channeling the instructive elements from her TV show, she teaches us that a good dose of common sense is the key ingredient to a stellar meal. As storyteller and chef, she draws on anecdotes to educate and illustrate. Recalling lessons learned from her mother, Erminia, and her grandmother Nonna Rosa, Lidia pays homage to the kitchen sages who inspired her.
Whether it's Citrus Roasted Veal, or Rustic Ricotta Tart, each recipe is a tangible feast. We learn to look at ingredients as both geographic and cultural indicators. In Campania, the region where mozzarella is king, we discover it best eaten three hours after preparation. In Genova we are taught that while focaccia had its basil origins in the Ligurain culinary tradition, the herbs and flavorings will change from region to region; as home chefs, we can experiment with rosemary or oregano or olives or onions! When it's time for dessert, Lidia draws on the scared customs of nuns in Italian monasteries and convents and reveals the secret to rice pudding with a blessing.
Lidia's Commonsense Guide to Italian Cooking is a collection of 150 delectable recipes, told with commonsense cooking wisdom, that teaches us how create simple, seasonal Italian dishes with grace, confidence and love.
From the Hardcover edition.- File Size: 20898 KB
- Print Length: 304 pages
- Publisher: Knopf (October 15, 2013)
- Sold by: Random House LLC
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00CGI3DYO
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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Lidia Bastianich is one of my favorite chefs and in her new cookbook, she has put together a wonderful collection of simple and satisfying recipes. The book is divided up into sections including appetizers, soups, salads, vegetables, pastas, fish, meats and desserts, and in each section she merges the old with the new. Some delicious highlights include a country lentil salad, a semolina and escarole soup, baked fennel with sage, mafalde florentine style, and citrus roasted veal. She teaches you how to make marinara sauce (we call it gravy in my household), fresh pasta and risotto. One after the next, the recipes are beautiful and appear delicious.
On a personal note, I credit Lidia with teaching me how to make risotto on her television show in the early 1990s. Her instructions are simple, her recipes are easy to follow, and her enthusiasm for food and family are infectious. If you want to know what it's like to be part of an Italian family, this is it.
On another note, if you want to try some of Lidia's cooking without breaking out this wonderful book, visit one of her fabulous restaurants. I have eaten at 3 of them, and the food there still ranks among the best Italian food I have ever eaten.
This book is well worth the money you spend on it. You will enjoy it for years to come. Thank you Lidia!!!
By Frank L. Urbano
The book just came today. I spent the whole afternoon browsing through it. I have all of Lidia's other books except "Lidia's Favorite Recipes" and use them all regularly. My family loves the meals I prepare from them. I have already found more than half a dozen recipes in this new book that I can't wait to try. They sound delicious, nutritious, and most of them quick and easily prepared. This is sure to be another big hit for Lidia.
By Victoria Pace
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