Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0060734922
Manufacturer: Ecco
Release Date: 2005-05-03
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Editorial Reviews
Product Description:
“The trick to cooking is that there is no trick.” ––Mario Batali
The only mandatory Italian cookbook for the home cook, Mario Batali’s MOLTO ITALIANO is rich in local lore, with Batali’s humorous and enthusiastic voice, familiar to those who have come to know him on his popular Food Network programs, larded through about 220 recipes of simple, healthy, seasonal Italian cooking for the American audience.
Easy to use and simple to read, some of these recipes will be those “as seen” on TV in the eight years of “Molto Mario” programs on the Food Network, including those from “Mediterranean Mario,” “Mario Eats Italy,” and the all–new “Ciao America with Mario Batali.” Batali’s distinctive voice will provide a historical and cultural perspective with a humorous bent to demystify even the more elaborate dishes as well as showing ways to shorten or simplify everything from the purchasing of good ingredients to pre–production and countdown schedules of holiday meals. Informative head notes will include bits about the provenance of the recipes and the odd historical fact.
Mario Batali’s MOLTO ITALIANO will feature ten soups, thirty antipasti (many vegetarian or vegetable based), forty pasta dishes representing many of the twenty–one regions of Italy, twenty fish and shellfish dishes, twenty chicken dishes, twenty pork or lamb dishes and twenty side dishes, each of which can be served as a light meal. Add twenty desserts and a foundation of basic formation recipes and this book will be the only Italian cooking book needed in the home cook’s library.
Customer Reviews
Great Service by Becky A. Bischoff
Fast service and book was exactly what I ordered. Great book by the way!
Molto Bene, Molto Italiano by Annunziata
This book is as slick and colorful as its author. The recipes are classic but there’s plenty of room to make them your own. Some items may not be available in your area and it’s made clear that ingredients may be substituted or omitted. Special equipment, though helpful, is not required. The book is authoritative yet simple enough for the beginner. The photography is stunning. There’s a primer on wines. It has an Italian soul. What more could anyone want?Molto Italiano : 327 Simple Italian Recipes to Cook at Home
Super Book! by K. Mousseau
Actually, this cookbook was purchased for my husband’s birthday–he is the cook in our household. Mario is the chef he admires the most since he has a love for Italian cooking. Regarding the book, it’s “wonderful!” and he can’t wait to try all the recipes. (You can see how this was a left-handed gift!).
Always an ingredient thats not right by Michael Friedman
I’m an accomplished “home” cook. First I made “St Johns’ Eve Pasta” which had easily a half cup more breadcrumbs that needed in the recipe.
It made the recipe. “Way too Dry”
Secondly, we spent an hour making Malloreddus with Fennel Seeds and Tomatoes with the saffron semolina pasta. The pasta is terrific, but once again 1 TB of red pepper flakes made me choke.
DIANE FRIEDMAN
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