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Cooking with Italian Grandmothers : Recipes and Stories from Tuscany to Sicily by Jessica Theroux (2010, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-101599620898
ISBN-139781599620893
eBay Product ID (ePID)80515381
Product Key Features
Book TitleCooking with Italian Grandmothers : Recipes and Stories from Tuscany to Sicily
Number of Pages250 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicCulinary, Essays & Travelogues, Regional & Ethnic / Italian
Publication Year2010
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, Cooking, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorJessica Theroux
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight50.1 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width9.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2010-021657
Reviews"The Best Italian Cookbook of 2010" -- Publishers Weekly,The Best Cookbooks of 2010 "This made me think of my Great Aunt Marge, a giant among Italian home cooks. She left behind a trove of recipes, but more than that, kitchen memories my family still savors - just like the women in this tome." -- Lynn Andriani, Senior Editor at Publishers Weekly Cooking with Italian Grandmothers reads like a diary, a treasured recipe collection, and a photo album, all at once...Add Cooking with Italian Grandmothers to your collection and you, too, will taste your way through Italy with Jessica Theroux. -- Andrea Mitchell,Foodista.com Buy this book if you or someone you love is interested in Italy, traditions, cooking, travel, discovery. Buy this book if you can picture yourself reading it propped up in bed at night and bringing into the kitchen the next day to take the lasagna recipes for a spin. Buy this book if you feel our elders have something important to offer us, or if you believe that there's something worth preserving in the oldways. -- Apartment Therapy,The Kitchn "Theroux spent a year in Italy, collecting recipes and stories from a dozen grandmothers...Usha in Le Marche shares her plum almond tart recipe, and Maria in Sicily schools Theroux on homemade ricotta. Needless to say, this book is a must for any Nonna-less Italophile." -- 7x7 Magazine "This book is a joy to read, and awakens the appetite with its clear and simple recipes. I'm delighted that the author is a graduate of our Chef's Training Program at the NGI - she deserves all the success coming her way." -- Annemarie Colbin, Ph.D. Founder and CEO, The Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts, NYC "Cooking with Italian Grandmothersbegins the important work of documenting the simple traditions that have been passed down verbally through generations...an exquisite, heartfelt anthology that is an important reference for us all". -- Alice Waters, from the introduction "In preparation for my second ever trip to Italy, I was eager to absorb the stories and picturesque details of Cooking with Italian Grandmothers. The chapter about Bruna brought me back to thoughts of driving through the country side, the welcoming people, and the amazing yet simple foods. More reading found me inspired to try Bruna's Coniglio in Bianco (white wine-braised rabbit). As much as I love a good rabbit dish, I had yet to cook one myself until now. Totally lovely and easy to prepare, this rabbit dish worked beautifully with Maria's Cauliflower in Ricotta al Forno. I can not wait to try our more dishes and read the full stories of each grandmother. A true experience - I wish I had been there. I LOVE THIS BOOK." --Dava Guthmiller, CEO & Creative Director of Noise 13 Design, Leader of Slow Food San Francisco "Jessica's elegantly crafted personal portraits present these recipes as artifacts of individual lives lived in rhythm with landscape, season and in harmony with tradition. The whole of this work transcends the expected." --Amaryll Schwertner, Chef/Owner of Boulettes Larder, San Francisco, "The Best Italian Cookbook of 2010" -- Publishers Weekly, The Best Cookbooks of 2010 “This made me think of my Great Aunt Marge, a giant among Italian home cooks. She left behind a trove of recipes, but more than that, kitchen memories my family still savors - just like the women in this tome." -- Lynn Andriani, Senior Editor at Publishers Weekly Cooking with Italian Grandmothers reads like a diary, a treasured recipe collection, and a photo album, all at once...Add Cooking with Italian Grandmothers to your collection and you, too, will taste your way through Italy with Jessica Theroux. -- Andrea Mitchell, Foodista.com Buy this book if you or someone you love is interested in Italy, traditions, cooking, travel, discovery. Buy this book if you can picture yourself reading it propped up in bed at night and bringing into the kitchen the next day to take the lasagna recipes for a spin. Buy this book if you feel our elders have something important to offer us, or if you believe that there's something worth preserving in the oldways. -- Apartment Therapy , The Kitchn "Theroux spent a year in Italy, collecting recipes and stories from a dozen grandmothers...Usha in Le Marche shares her plum almond tart recipe, and Maria in Sicily schools Theroux on homemade ricotta. Needless to say, this book is a must for any Nonna-less Italophile." -- 7x7 Magazine "This book is a joy to read, and awakens the appetite with its clear and simple recipes. I'm delighted that the author is a graduate of our Chef's Training Program at the NGI - she deserves all the success coming her way." -- Annemarie Colbin, Ph.D. Founder and CEO, The Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts, NYC “ Cooking with Italian Grandmothers begins the important work of documenting the simple traditions that have been passed down verbally through generations...an exquisite, heartfelt anthology that is an important reference for us all�. -- Alice Waters , from the introduction "In preparation for my second ever trip to Italy, I was eager to absorb the stories and picturesque details of Cooking with Italian Grandmothers . The chapter about Bruna brought me back to thoughts of driving through the country side, the welcoming people, and the amazing yet simple foods. More reading found me inspired to try Bruna's Coniglio in Bianco (white wine-braised rabbit). As much as I love a good rabbit dish, I had yet to cook one myself until now. Totally lovely and easy to prepare, this rabbit dish worked beautifully with Maria's Cauliflower in Ricotta al Forno. I can not wait to try our more dishes and read the full stories of each grandmother. A true experience - I wish I had been there. I LOVE THIS BOOK." -- Dava Guthmiller , CEO & Creative Director of Noise 13 Design, Leader of Slow Food San Francisco "Jessica's elegantly crafted personal portraits present these recipes as artifacts of individual lives lived in rhythm with landscape, season and in harmony with tradition. The whole of this work transcends the expected." -- Amaryll Schwertner , Chef/Owner of Boulettes Larder, San Francisco, "Cooking with Italian Grandmothersbegins the important work of documenting the simple traditions that have been passed down verbally through generations...an exquisite, heartfelt anthology that is an important reference for us all". -Alice Waters, from the introduction, "This book is a joy to read, and awakens the appetite with its clear and simple recipes. I'm delighted that the author is a graduate of our Chef's Training Program at the NGI - she deserves all the success coming her way." --Annemarie Colbin, Ph.D. Founder and CEO, The Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts, NYC "Cooking with Italian Grandmothersbegins the important work of documenting the simple traditions that have been passed down verbally through generations...an exquisite, heartfelt anthology that is an important reference for us all". --Alice Waters, from the introduction, "This book is a joy to read, and awakens the appetite with its clear and simple recipes. I'm delighted that the author is a graduate of our Chef's Training Program at the NGI - she deserves all the success coming her way." -- Annemarie Colbin, Ph.D. Founder and CEO, The Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts, NYC "Cooking with Italian Grandmothersbegins the important work of documenting the simple traditions that have been passed down verbally through generations...an exquisite, heartfelt anthology that is an important reference for us all". -- Alice Waters, from the introduction "In preparation for my second ever trip to Italy, I was eager to absorb the stories and picturesque details of Cooking with Italian Grandmothers. The chapter about Bruna brought me back to thoughts of driving through the country side, the welcoming people, and the amazing yet simple foods. More reading found me inspired to try Bruna's Coniglio in Bianco (white wine-braised rabbit). As much as I love a good rabbit dish, I had yet to cook one myself until now. Totally lovely and easy to prepare, this rabbit dish worked beautifully with Maria's Cauliflower in Ricotta al Forno. I can not wait to try our more dishes and read the full stories of each grandmother. A true experience - I wish I had been there. I LOVE THIS BOOK." --Dava Guthmiller, CEO & Creative Director of Noise 13 Design, Leader of Slow Food San Francisco "Jessica's elegantly crafted personal portraits present these recipes as artifacts of individual lives lived in rhythm with landscape, season and in harmony with tradition. The whole of this work transcends the expected." --Amaryll Schwertner, Chef/Owner of Boulettes Larder, San Francisco
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal641.5945
SynopsisWINNER 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.
LC Classification NumberTX723.T476 2010
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- 01 Jan, 2023
Beautiful for looking at and perusing from your shelf, and to cook out of
This book was so popular in 2010 when it was published ,with introduction by Alice Water, that it is now rare. It is a beautiful large heavy book, 300 pp. with interviews and pictures of the grandmothers, their milieus and their cooking and perfect for a wonderful present. "This is a book about women and food and listening." These are grandmothers, not in general the great-grandmothers you might picture. They are still lively, forceful and supple. Therefore these are regional traditional versions of accessible recipes still cooked in Italian households, not arcane versions of long-extinct recipes. Fresh seasonal ingredients (both vegetarian and meat-based), as you might expect from an Water-approved book. The osso bucco from Milan, from Maria. Mary's 3 Tuscan soups. A complex lasagne with bechamel, truffles and prosciutto from Uscha in the Calabria region. Stacked potato pie. Walnut black pepper cookies. I am looking forward to spring to cook the baby artichokes with garlic, herbs and wine recipe. And so on and so forth.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 24 Nov, 2020
My favorite Cookbook
I checked out this book so many times from the library that I finally decided just to buy it. Then I bought it for others as well. The recipes are delicious and well worth making. The photos and stories are authentic and beautiful. I highly recommend.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 04 Mar, 2020
Interesting story & recipes
Looks like has some good recipes and like the story with each town and cook the author meetsVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
