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Title: In Nonna's Kitchen : Recipes and Traditions from Italy's Grandmothers by Carol Field ISBN: 0-06-017184-7 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 21 May, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Delicious and Delightful
Comment: This is the second of Carol Field's books that I've read (the first one I picked up was "Celebrating Italy") and her hallmarks seem to be meticulous, yet loving, research and a writing style that manages to evoke the sights, sounds, smells, textures, and flavors of Italian cooking to a mouth-watering degree.
"In Nonna's Kitchen" is a cookbook that Field researched by going to Italy and culling time-honored, taste-tested recipes from several authentic Italian grandmothers. I have not yet tried any of the recipes, but reading them feels like good eatin'. I usually dislike cookbooks that don't feature a picture of every recipe. "In Nonna's Kitchen" contains no pictures of food, but the recipes and Field's writing on Italian cuisine and culture make pictures unnecessary.
Ah, yes, culture. It's easy to see Field not so much as a food writer, but as an eager and loving student of Italian culture. She does much honor to the Italian grandmothers who contributed to this book by providing a lengthy, colorful profile of each of them. In these profiles, the "nonne" discuss how they learned to cook, what their lives have been like, how cooking has changed over the courses of their lifetimes, etc. In addition to these formal profiles, Field includes little anecdotes about several of the grandmothers within the recipes they provided.
These are not your stereotypical black-shawled, muttering Italian grandmothers, either. They range in age from 40s-90s, and a good many of them are classically beautiful, stylish women. All of them, however, are quintessentially Italian in that they place great importance on good, simple food made from the freshest local ingredients.
I plan to buy copies of "In Nonna's Kitchen" and "Celebrating Italy" for myself; they're too good not to own. Carol Field now has the distinction of being my favorite food writer!
Rating: 5
Summary: Grandma Knows Best!
Comment: For lovers of Italian food in particular, but for any lover of cooking and Italy, this is a must have for your collection. Every recipe is preceded by an introduction to the Nonna (Grandmother) whose speciality it is. These Nonnas run the gamut, from sophisticated Roman and Florentine women to women from small villages, still cooking as their own Nonnas did. I've tried several of the recipes and each has been spectacular. I'm buying another copy to take as a gift for a week-long 60th birthday celebration at a villa near Sienna. Ciao!
Rating: 5
Summary: I loved my Nonna...and I love your Book
Comment: When my mother gave me this cook book, and I saw the word 'Nonna' in the title, I got a little choked up. I also whispered to myself, "this better be good." Well...'Bravo! Ti hai fatto bene!' You have done well. Yes, the recipes are wonderful, but the mood, the stories, the history of each of these Nonnas made me smile, and made me proud. Just as in my Nonna's cooking, these ladies are the best at turning leftovers into elegance. Wonderful subtle flavors - Crostini, Polpette, the Chocolate Ameretti Pudding...all we need is a deck of cards for Scopa! I made my Nonna write down her sauce recipe for me, because if I didn't, it would have died with her, recipes are verbal traditions handed down for generations...this is cooking history. Thank you. My wife thanks you too...books like this motivate husbands to cook more often.
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Title: Celebrating Italy : Tastes & Traditions of Italy as Revealed Through Its Feasts, Festivals & Sumptuous Foods, The by Carol Field ISBN: 0060977221 Publisher: Quill Pub. Date: 21 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: The Italian Baker by Carol Field ISBN: 0061812668 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 30 October, 1985 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Italian Holiday Cooking : A Collection of 150 Treasured Recipes by Michele Scicolone ISBN: 0060199911 Publisher: Morrow Cookbooks Pub. Date: 02 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Focaccia: Simple Breads from the Italian Oven by Carol Field, Joyce Oudkerk Pool ISBN: 0811806049 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Mario Batali Simple Italian Food: Recipes from My Two Villages by Mario Batali ISBN: 0609603000 Publisher: Clarkson N Potter Publishers Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $32.50 |
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