About this title: Over 2,000 traditional recipes are gathered in THE SILVER SPOON, a classic Italian cookbook never before available in English, with freshly added photographs and suggested menus. Italy's sophisticated, widely read answer to THE JOY OF COOKING is a compendium of recipes from every region, gathered five decades ago. Organized by course, from the ...
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: PHAIDON PRESS INC
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780714845319ISBN:0714845310
Description: New. -The most successful Italian cookbook of the last 50 years, available in English for the first time-The bible of traditional Italian cooking, with over 2, 000 recipes compiled from different Italian regions by a group of gourmet experts-Adapted f... read more
Edition: First English language edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Phaidon Inc., Ltd, New York
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780714845319ISBN:0714845310
Description: Very Good in None, as issued jacket. (Elst) Big, heavy (6 lbs. ), 4to, 1263pp, will require extra postage. Very minor shelf wear. One of the best cookbooks for professional chefs and amateurs alike. Their philosophy is that "eating is a serious matter" and they proceed to show and tell you how to do just about anything with food; Sauces, marinades, butters, antipasti, appetizers, pizzas, first courses, eggs and frittata, vegetable, fish, crustaceans, shellfish, meat and variety meats, poultry, ... read more
"If you like to cook, and you like to cook authentic Italian home-style food, then this is the book for you. You might not find the ingredients to some dishes, but don't let that stop you from buying this massive tome of Italian cookery. What makes this book so special was its tradition of a gift from mother-in-law to daughter-in-law. Another way of saying, "your cooking sucks, learn how now?"
Anyway, some of the dishes are obvious, others are eh, okay. But some are splendorous. There is no other word for it. And it's such a good word anyway. If you don't like to cook, it will make you look oh, so cultured to have it on your shelf. If you beat your husband with it, it will kill him, so get your Joy of Cooking for that husband bashing. I advise against husband bashing because when he bashes you back, he goes to jail. Naughty women!
I love this book. If you cook, shell out the bucks and get it. If you don't cook, save your money."
"So far, I love this book. I have only attempted some of the sauces from the first section so far but I know that this book is going to get used so much more than all the "celebrity chef" cookbooks I have. This one is a real cookbook and as far as I can tell, covers almost anything you would wish to know about Italian cookery."
"Some of this I really liked, some of it lost something in translation. There are some great authentic recipes in here, there are also some I'm pretty sure aren't going to work as written. Some of the names of ingredients are just not translated right. Still its very pretty and there were several delicious things. Worth looking it over to decide if would fit in your cookbook library I think."
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