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Cooking with My Sisters: One Hundred Years of Family Recipes, from Bari to Big Stone Gap
by
Adriana Trigiani (Goodreads Author),
Mary Yolanda Trigiani, Mark Ferri , Mary Trigiani (Goodreads Author), Lucia Anna Trigiani, Antonia Trigiani, Francesca Trigiani
For the Trigianis, cooking has always been a family affair–and the kitchen was the bustling center of their home, where folks gathered around the table for good food, good conversation, and the occasional eruption. Example: Being thrown out of the kitchen because one’s Easter bread kneading technique isn’t up to par. As Adriana says: “When the Trigianis reach out and touch...more
Paperback, 192 pages
Published
October 11th 2005
by Random House Trade Paperbacks
(first published 2004)
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This book is like sitting around a table filled with a big Italian family listening to them reminisce, butt into each others stories with their own take on something, and drool over all the great Italian food. It is interspersed with family recipes that are often so intense that you know why you love to eat Italian food, but not make it.
If you are a fan of Adriana Trigiani's fiction then this is a must read even if you simply skim over the recipes. Often the people, experiences, places etc of he...more
If you are a fan of Adriana Trigiani's fiction then this is a must read even if you simply skim over the recipes. Often the people, experiences, places etc of he...more
I didn't read each and every recipe, but I did read each word of the story between each recipe. Since I have a bit of Italian blood, I felt a connection to the sisters. even though our family didn't carry on many Italian traditions as the Trigianis did.
I found the humor in the storytelling hilarious at times, and appreciated the respect and love the family members have for each other. I also loved the family pictures. Such a great addition to a fun cookbook.
I found the humor in the storytelling hilarious at times, and appreciated the respect and love the family members have for each other. I also loved the family pictures. Such a great addition to a fun cookbook.
One of the little surprises that readers of Trigiana soon learn—she includes recipes for the dishes mentioned in her stories! It's such a personal thing to do and connects her readers intimately with the characters in her books. Her cookbook is filled with stories and dishes from her family that are every bit as engaging as her fictional stories.
I really loved this book. It's really a story about food and family with some great Italian recipes thrown in. The sauce recipe is authentic. It's just how my mother-in-law makes it and she learned the recipe from her father-in-law who was from Italy and a great cook! Very fun and entertaining book, especially if you love to cook.
This book makes me wish I knew these people and could sit down to their table and listen to their stories. Liked the personal quotes throughout. The food would be great if someone made it for me, but the recipes just didn't inspire me to try any for myself - they did seem to be a nice range of easy to more labor intensive.
I enjoyed Trigiani's Big Stone Gap books, and was looking forward to this cookbook. I was hoping for some traditional Appalachian recipes, but the book is filled with the traditional Italian recipes of the author's heritage, rather than the recipes one would expect in Big Stone Gap. Some gems.
BEST LASAGNA RECIPE EVER.
I love this book. The stories about Trigiani's family are hilarious. The recipes (the ones I've made so far!) are delicious. It is a great combo of family history and cookbook. It's a go-to cookbook for Italian basics like marinara sauce, lasagna, and meatballs.
I love this book. The stories about Trigiani's family are hilarious. The recipes (the ones I've made so far!) are delicious. It is a great combo of family history and cookbook. It's a go-to cookbook for Italian basics like marinara sauce, lasagna, and meatballs.
Great fun to read about growing up in a large Italian family & to have the recipes from the food she describes in her novels. I loved it. Totally appropriate for kid foodies too!
If you love to cook Italian for a big crowd this is the book for you. Besides being a fan of the Big Stone Gap series I am the granddaughter of an Italian immigrant. What's not to love?
I'm sure the recipes were great - although I didn't try even one of them, lol. The joy of this book came from the stories surrounding the recipes, such a wonderful family voice!
I gave this as a gift to my sister, so I never got the chance to try any recipes, but I think it's a delightful read anyway.
This book was sweet and funny. Filled with stories of cooking and love. Wish there were more pictures.
Wonderful authentic recipes along with a great narative and family history from the author's family.
A family cookbook peppered with stories and recipes from both of her Italian grandmothers.
A fantastic compilation of authentic Italian recipes--with some Americana mixed it.
Adriana's books are almost as lovely and all consuming as she is. Highly recommended.
I think she's a riot and I love how she adds recipes to her work
So many wonderful Italian recipes. So many hilarious stories.
Good for a few recipes, but not my type of cookbook.
I found a couple of good recipes I'm going to try
Cute family book.
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wonderful !
Not my type of cookbook at all. The only things I might want to attempt here are the lasagne, and pasta dough. The rest looks... meeeeeh.
I might change my rating if the lasagne turned out amazing.
I might change my rating if the lasagne turned out amazing.
Since it's a cookbook, it's a book I continuely refer to. It's a neat twist on a normal cookbook b/c it tells family stories in between the recipes. I initially heard about this cookbook on an NPR author interview. I was intrigued b/c the author grew up close to where my parents grew up. The recipes have been fantastic so far - though I tend to modify them to make them a bit sweeter.
I love to read cookbooks with stories, and this one was really good. I love, love, love all of Adriana Trigiani's books, and it was lots of fun get a glimpse of her family. The buttermilk cake is especially yummy. It tastes like a giant soft sugar cookie in cake form!
This is another great cookbook with great stories from the author's family. One thing I love about her recipes is that they can all be made with ingredients from the smallest and least-well-stocked of American grocery stores.
great cook book and family story...Have tried some a the recipes which are yummy,and I'm going to try some more.got this from the library but I have to go out & buy it!!!
it was interesting to read about her family and growing up, as well as the family recipes. you can definitely see where the inspiration from her characters comes from.
I haven't made much from it yet. Met the author we discused making meatballs.
She is wonderful down-to-earth and I really wanted this book just for the memory alone.
She is wonderful down-to-earth and I really wanted this book just for the memory alone.
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ADRIANA TRIGIANI is beloved by millions of readers around the world for her hilarious and heartwarming novels. Adriana was raised in a small coal mining town in southwest Virginia in a big Italian family. She chose her hometown for the setting and title of her debut novel, the critically acclaimed and bestselling BIG STONE GAP, followed by the sequels BIG CHERRY HOLLER and MILK GLASS MOON. Since 1...more
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