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Lidia's Italy: 140 simple and delicious recipes from the ten places in Italy Lidia loves most
In this exciting new book the incomparable Lidia takes us on a gastronomic journey—from Piemonteto Puglia—exploring ten different regions that have informed her cooking and helped to make her the fabulous cook that she is today. In addition, her daughter Tanya, an art historian, guides us to some of the nearby cultural treasures that enrich the pursuit of good food.
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Hardcover, 384 pages
Published
April 10th 2007
by Knopf
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I so want to love this book. I really want to cook out of it, and go "yum!" like the rest of the reviews that have been written. I can't. My big gripe with the book is the way it it organized. I like to have all of my meats, sides, and desserts in their own separate sections. This is a personal thing, but I don't like regional layouts. Next, the ingredients are often unavailable in my area, or very expensive in my area. I'm landlocked, so I don't have easy access to fresh fish at any time of the...more
Solid gold--so far everything works. Try the cornmeal cookies and the hazelnut cake (and consider ordering DuChelly hazelnuts from Nuts Online. This isn't a paid plug--I'm just a customer.) as Groucho sang "You can learn a lot from Lidia."
This book needs to go on my kitchen shelf. Sort of a mix between a travel book and a cookbook - glowing descriptions and wonderful food.
Lidia needs to include more pictures of the food and less pictures of the locations. To me, a cookbook is nothing without pictures--no matter how good the recipes are.
Really amazing cook book! I still have so many recipes I want to try
I really like the way she's broken the recipes into regions. It makes it easier to study and cook a particular region of Italy...which is as varied as France and America!
I tried a recipe that was similar to the ones in this book--it was something I saw Lidia make when she was the guest on Chef's Story. I know I got something wrong, because it turned out badly. That said, the rating I've given this book is really a rating of my self-perceived ability to succeed with the recipes. Perhaps with trial and error this book will merit a higher rating from me. :)
I've been working my way through the recipes in this book, which I received as a gift in the fall. All of the dishes I've made so far have been delicious. There's a good mix of simple/challenging recipes, and the instructions are very clear. I recommend!
Organized by region, so a bit harder to select just the right entree or dessert than Lidia's Family Table. The recipes are every bit as enjoyable. Another winner, though I liked the family pictures in the first book more than the travelogue shots here.
I made the beef goulash recipe from this book, and it was excellent. I didn't care to make any of the other recipes, which is why it only got 3 stars.
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I *heart* Lidia. She reminds me of my Grandma Marie. Although I haven't actually cooked anything from this book, reading it is like going on vacation.
This book and the recipes are an absolute masterpiece. I love Italian food and this and Marcella Hazen's book are the only ones you need.
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I love cook books and I love to cook...thank you Lori, I'll let you know what I cooked and how it came out.
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I have marked plenty of recipies to try out... first up: homemade gnocchi and sandy cake. YUM!
Yum. This is the cookbook I've been cooking out of most, recently.
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Lidia Matticchio Bastianich is an American chef, businesswoman and restaurateur.
Specializing in Italian and Croatian cuisine, she has been a regular contributor to the PBS cooking show lineup since 1998. In 2007, she launched her third TV series, Lidia's Italy. She also owns four Italian restaurants in the U.S. in partnership with her son, the winemaster and restaurateur, Joseph Bastianich: Felidi...more
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Specializing in Italian and Croatian cuisine, she has been a regular contributor to the PBS cooking show lineup since 1998. In 2007, she launched her third TV series, Lidia's Italy. She also owns four Italian restaurants in the U.S. in partnership with her son, the winemaster and restaurateur, Joseph Bastianich: Felidi...more
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