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The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Italian Cuisine
The International Culinary Center with Cesare Casella & Stephanie Lyness
Reviewed by Jim Berman
I did not want to like The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Italian Cuisine. Any collection that appears ‘complete’ rarely ever is. Through the pages, I look for some recipe or technique that I know to...” --Jim
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This wonderful collection of pasta sauces by Lindy Wildsmith includes all the classics, plus recipes of Lindy's own invention, inspired by the authentic Italian ingredients now available the world over. All are strongly rooted in the traditions of delicious Italian regional cooking. Some light sauces take no time at all to prepare, involve very little cooking, and are more like dressings...
With Pasta Italia, cooks across America can savor the authentic taste of Italy--right in their own kitchen. Over 250 delicious yet simple recipes serve up specialties from 15 regions of Italy--for every course of the meal and for every occasion. Throughout, more than 200 specially created, full-color photographs showcase mouthwatering dishes and demonstrate critical techniques, like making a...
Americans have at last discovered Mexico's passion for exciting food. We've fallen in love with the great Mexican combination of rich, earthy flavors and casual, festive dining. But we don't begin to imagine how sumptuous and varied the cooking of Mexico really is. After ten years of loving exploration, Rick Bayless, together with his wife, Deann, gave us Authentic Mexican,...
This extraordinary cookbook, Classic Indian Cooking, amounts to a complete course in Indian cuisine. Elucidated by over 100 line drawings, it systematically introduces the properties of all the basic spices and special ingredients of Indian food, then explains the techniques employed in using them, always with the help of comparisons to familiar Western methods.It is immediately obvious that...
Revised edition of the classic cookbook, originally published in 1961.
Authentic recipes from great cooks in Ireland and from Irish Americans. Features charming facts and lore. Recipes include hot mulled ale, scones, cheese toast, fish soup, baked onions, oyster souffle, traditional spiced beef, and baked almond pudding. Spiral bound, 5-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches, 170 pages. ISBN 1932043624
This Collection of Original Essays gives surprising insights into what foodways reveal about Russia's history and culture from Kievan times to the present. A wide array of sources - including chronicles, diaries, letters, police records, poems, novels, folklore, paintings, and cookbooks - help to interpret the moral and spiritual role of food in Russian culture. Stovelore in Russian...
Easy-to-follow instructions, adapted for modern American cooking, for over 200 mouthwatering traditional dishes: borsch, shashlik of salmon, Russian squab in sour cream, potato kotlety, pirozhki and pirogi, blini, paskha and many more. Also origins of Russian foods, helpful hints on buying and preparing foods, much else. Definition of terms.
This classic cookbook offers so much more than a collection of recipes--it captures the spirit of the Russian people and their cuisine. From zavtrak (breakfast) to uzhin (dinner), Russians love to eat heartily. Originally published in 1947, The Best of Russian Cooking is a treasured classic that combines authentic Russian recipes with culinary tips and invaluable cultural insights. This...
