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Title: The Food of Southern Italy by Carlo Middione, Dolores R. Santoliguido, Chris Shorten ISBN: 0688050425 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: October, 1987 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.88
Rating: 5
Summary: Great book -- not just readable, but usable
Comment: Got it years and years ago -- maybe late 80s -- one of my first cookbook purchases when I was still in Middle School as a matter of fact. Excellent book (I highly recommend the Sicilian rosemary chicken). My dust jacket is damaged well beyond repair, and common sense tells me I should have thrown it out long ago, but I don't want to. The recipes are great, the graphic design of the book is unique and easy to read, and the pictures are some of the slickest and most appetizing I've ever seen in an American cookbook.
My only complaint with the book is that it's a bit too professional -- tools like raviolatrici (a very hard-to-find rolling-pin-like device used for making ravioli) and plaques au four (basically a huge cookie sheet) are not readily available in many places, requiring recourse to restaurant supply houses and large Italian neighborhoods; also, there is a one-size-fits-all approach to certain things such as bread dough that fits perfectly into a catering business such as the author's Vivande Porte Via but short-shrifts the richness of traditional Italian baking. These are minor issues, though, worthy of docking a half-star at most, and all the recipes are still quite usable for the home cook, and even then the professional mentality still leads to a great attention to detail. The book is eminently usable.
Published in 1987, this is now quite an old book, but it's still in my opinion a classic of Italian cooking. Just prepare yourself for the possibility that you might need a second copy in case your main copy gets trashed in the kitchen.
Rating: 5
Summary: Don B.
Comment: If I had to buy just one book on southern Italian cooking it would be this one. The book is quite interesting because of his knowledge of the various regions, which he breaks down and expands upon, and ingredients that are used. The recipes are great.
Simply the best cookbook to buy!
Rating: 5
Summary: Mama Italia passed it on
Comment: This book is DIVINE! My Italian mother-in-law, of whom still resides in southern Italy, gave me this book to take home and feed her son. It is a wonderful book that always makes my husband smile! The recipes are just like the ones I was shown in Italy. Everything is very simple to prepare and tastes fabulous! Take heed from a woman married to man who loves his mother's cooking, it is great!
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Title: LA Vera Cucina: Traditional Recipes from the Homes and Farms of Italy by Carlo Middione, Simon Metz ISBN: 0684812061 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Carlo Middione's Traditional Pasta by Carlo Pasta! Cooking It, Loving It Middione ISBN: 0898158052 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Regional Foods of Southern Italy by Marlena De Blasi ISBN: 0670883840 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: August, 1999 List Price(USD): $28.95 |
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Title: Guiliano Bugialli's Food of Naples and Campania by Giuliano Bugialli ISBN: 1584792116 Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Gale Gand's Just a Bite: 125 Luscious, Little Desserts by Gale Gand, Julia Moskin, Tim Turner ISBN: 0609608258 Publisher: Clarkson Potter Pub. Date: 23 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $32.50 |
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