Festa: Recipes and Recollections of Italian Holidays

by Helen Barolini

Book Overview

Born of Italian-American parents, Helen Barolini rediscovered her culinary heritage when she married Italian writer Antonio Barolini and lived for some years in Italy. Festa is a year-long feast of memories and delicious, traditional Italian dishes--from St. Nicholas sweetmeats in December and perciatelli with sardines and fennel for March's St. Joseph's Day, to figs with prosciutto for summer's Ferragosto and pumpkin gnocchi for an American Thanksgiving...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0151306303
• ISBN13: 9780151306305
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

NOSTALGIC

If you are Italian or just love Italian food the way its' suppose to be cooked, then this is the book to have on your shelf.. Original holiday and seasonal recipes are sectioned by the months which make it so easy to know what to cook, ie, Pasta con sarde a favorite of mine is here.

Festa: Recipes and Recollections of Italian Holidays

This book is a delight. A rich blend of personal memories and cultural food traditions. Emotions and flavors make it a pleasurable and moving read. I read a variety of topics and I think this book would enhance any library.

A favorite cookbook, yet more than a cookbook...

This lively book of recipes & remembrances of Italian holidays thoughout the year reminded me of my Sicilian grandmother's traditions. Well-written, informative, & fun! I enjoyed reading it & actually use it from time to time.