The Seasons of the Italian Kitchen

by Tom Maresca and Diane Darrow

Book Overview

Italian cooking draws its inspiration from the roll call of seasonal ingredients that pass through its kitchens, and in this splendid volume Diane Darrow and Tom Maresca share the simple secrets of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871135752
• ISBN13: 9780871135759
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
• Length: 466 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.8" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Seasonal traditional

Diane Darrow and Tom Maresca offer 200 recipes emphasizing fresh ingredients. Each seasonal section is organized by course and tempts with a variety of simple and complex flavors. For fall, with summer produce is still available, there's macaroni with baked tomatoes, beets with balsamic vinegar, sweet and sour braised rabbit. Winter choices include comfort foods like Umbrian onion soup, Tuscan pot roast, grilled radicchio with anchovy mustard sauce. Interspersed with the primarily traditional recipes are discussions of classic dishes like polenta or ingredients, like tomatoes. Every dish comes with wine recommendations.