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 deeply traditional to the newly invented, dishes such as Baby Octopus and Green Bean Salad, Cuttlefish Ink Tagliatelle, Rabbit in Olive Oil and Lemon, and Semolina Budino with Rhubarb and Mint Marmellata are just a small taste of what is offered. With ...
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Edition: English ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Phaidon Inc Ltd, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780714845319ISBN:0714845310
Description: Hard cover in pictorial boards. Oversized. Clean text--NO writing, NO highlighting to text. Small remainder mark to lower edge. Very Good+ condition. PLEASE NOTE: due to the size of this volume, additional shipping required for domestic priority or any international orders. thank you! read more
Edition: English ed.
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
"I love it for its old fashioned tone, but it's a classic, almost reference-like, book on Italian cooking. I don't often use its recipes, but I love reading about how to clean squid and calf's brains. And if I ever need a recipe for lettuce soup or jellied eels, I know where to go."
This book is HUGE. Its size and weight overwhelmed me from the second I checked it out from the library. It sat on my kitchen counter for DAYS before I gave up and returned it (from whence it came, thankyouverymuch!).
"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."
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