Rustic Italian Food: [A Cookbook]

From acclaimed Philadelphia chef Marc Vetri comes a celebration of handcrafted, regional Italian cooking that advocates a hands-on, back-to-the-basics approach to cooking.

Slow-cooked meats, homemade breads, and flavorful pastas are the traditional comfort-food classics that Italians have been roasting, baking, curing, and making in their own kitchens for generations--dishes that people actually want to cook and eat.

Home cooks of every skill level will revel in the 120 recipes, such as sweet Fig and Chestnut Bread, rich Spinach and Ricotta Gnocchi, savory Slow-Roasted Lamb Shoulder, and fragrant Apple Fritters. But Rustic Italian Food is much more than just a collection of recipes. With detailed, step-by-step instructions for making terrines, dry-cured salami, and cooked sausage; a thorough guide to bread and pasta making; and a primer on classic Italian preserves and sauces, Rustic Italian Food is also an education in kitchen fundamentals.

In this book Marc Vetri connects us directly to the essence of Italian food.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Published: 11/01/2011
ISBN: 9781580085892
Pages: 304
Weight: 2.83lbs
Size: 10.26h x 8.82w x 1.21d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/15/2011
Library Journal 09/15/2011 pg. 102
Men's Journal 12/01/2011 pg. 44