Savoring Italy: Recipes and Reflections on Italian Cooking

by Michele Scicolone

Book Overview

From Palermo's oldest outdoor market to the wine bars of Venice, the heart of Italian life is food -- and so it has been for centuries. Renaissance Italians were dining with silver utensils when much of Europe was still eating with its fingers. Today, Italian flavors and styles can be found in the culinary traditions of nearly every country in the world. But in Italy, recipes have as many varieties as Italy has regions, because each region bases its...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0737020202
• ISBN13: 9780737020205
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Time Life Medical
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 4.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.1" x 13.2"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher

Customer Reviews

My favorite cookbook!

I love this book. I got it as a Christmas gift and I use it all the time. The photographs are gorgeous and each recipe is illustrated. I like that the recipes are relatively simple and require few ingredients. I also enjoy the descriptions and definitions of terms and regions in Italy.

Belllisimo!

This book is simply gorgeous. It's recipes are simple but elegant. I recently purchased it and have made several recipes including the panzella (incredible), and only takes 25 min. to do and the prosuitto wrapped asparagus with mozzerella, (amazing) don't forget to sprinkle with paprikah. Most recipes use fresh ingredients, a mainstay of italian cooking, and they are easy yet impressive. This book is a must for all who enjoy cooking and for those who do not, it has wonderful descriptions of the regional origination of each recipe and beautiful accompanying pictures. You can travel to italy without even leaving your kitchen.

You Can Not Browse Through This Book Without Being Inspired!

This book has become one of my favorite Italian cookbooks. The photographs are so glorious, you cannot browse through it without running to the kitchen afterwards, inspired to create some tasty dish. As the Italian Food Host @ BellaOnline, I am always looking for inspiration to create new Italian recipes, and this book has lots! I have made over twenty of the recipes so far for family and friends, and every one has been a big hit. This book is well worth the money!

Wonderful Authentic Italian Classics

I received this as a gift when we decided to go to Italy for our honeymoon. Upon receipt I leafed through the book but did not have the appreciation I do for it how. On the plane home from Italy I could not wait to dig into the book and attempt to cook the wonderful food I had just spent two weeks eating. This book not only serves as a wonderful travel reference guide, it serves up delicious, authentic Italian recipies. All of us who long to spend long evenings in a Florence Trattoria, this is a must-have!

Italy never looked or tasted better

I love Italy and even more I love Italian food. This cookbook's lovely pictures of the Italian countryside and delicious food made me want to book a flight immediately! I have gone to cooking school in Tuscany and the recipes sing with essence of the amazing food found in trattorias and restaurants there. This is a good book both for those who are serious about cooking and for those who just love to travel with their senses thru beautiful and thoughtful books.