Biba's Italy: Favorite Recipes from the Splendid Cities

By Biba Caggiano

Book Overview

Here is the very best food from our very favorite cities--the glorious dining destinations Rome, Florence, Bologna, Milan, and Venice--brought to life by one of the most authoritative authors in the field. The 100 delicious, simple recipes range from time-honored home-cooking traditions to restaurant classics and even startling innovations by Italy's star chefs, and are accompanied by invaluable cooking tips and rich, evocative atmosphere. And each chapter offers travel tips galore--on the best restaurants, wine bars, gelatarie , and markets--as well as eminently useful reference sections on ingredients and menus. Biba's Italy will at turns transport you to a canal-side caffè in Venice and a bustling outdoor market in medieval Bologna, to a chic Milanese ristorante and the lively streets in Rome and cozy enoteca in Florence. Then lure you back home to re-create these experiences in your own kitchen.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579653170
• ISBN13: 9781579653170
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Artisan Publishers
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Fun book, with recipes, and menus from each City

I love how this book is sectioned into 5 Italian cities: Rome, Florence, Bologna, Milan, and Venice. And at the beginning of each section is a 'full' restaurant menu with English translation. This is great to have if you plan to travel to Italy, since not all restaurants have English translation (and you may want restaurants that DON'T). Of course, the recipes for all of the mouth watering menu items then follow, as well as personal anecdotes that make this book so much fun to read. Tons of helpful tips for each recipe. Just reading the menus make me salivate!

This book is fantastic!!!!

This book is fantastic!!! Yes it's full of essays and stories about her travels thoughout Italy, but its also about THE FOOD. Bibba provides the reasons and the history for why Italian food is so wonderful. As the previous reviewer mentioned the Chicken with potatos, pancetta, and herbs is delicious, as are other recipes in the book. I can't recommend this enough.