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My Calabria: Rustic Family Cooking from Italy's Undiscovered South
At the tip of Italy's "boot" lies Calabria. It is a beautiful, mountainous region populated by fishermen and small farmers. Rosetta Costantino grew up in this rugged landscape—her father a shepherd and wine maker and her mother his tireless assistant.
When her family immigrated to California, they re-created a little Calabria on their property, cooking with eggpla...more
When her family immigrated to California, they re-created a little Calabria on their property, cooking with eggpla...more
Hardcover, 416 pages
Published
November 8th 2010
by W. W. Norton & Company
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When it comes to Italian cuisine, the popular myth is that the best food comes from the kitchens of Northern Italy, not the South. Don’t tell that to Rosetta Costantino. Costantino grew up in the Southern region before moving to the Bay Area at age twelve. She returns to her roots with a book whose recipes look every bit as flavorful as anything produced in the north in her first book “My Calabria” (Norton). From her selections of antipasti, soups, bread, seafoods (lots of pesce in the south, of...more
Italian food lovers will rejoice, those who yearn for the flavors of Calabria will be ecstatic with MY CALABRIA, the first cookbook devoted entirely to the distinctive cuisine of that unique rather remote region. As author Costantino notes in her Introduction, “At the southern tip of the peninsula lies an Italy that few people know: a land of fragrant citron and bergamot orchards, ancient olive groves and terraced vineyards; a place of persistent tradition and ritual, where the annual swordfish...more
As some background, I am an American of Calabrian heritage who has been living in Calabria in my ancestor's town since 2003; I received this book for review on my blog, Bleeding Espresso.
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Rosetta Costantino was born in Calabria and moved to America with her family at age 14. Although they left behind much of what was familiar to them, the Costantino family never lost their culinary traditions -- and now Rosetta shares them with us in My Calabria: Rustic Family Cooking from Italy's Undiscovered S...more
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Rosetta Costantino was born in Calabria and moved to America with her family at age 14. Although they left behind much of what was familiar to them, the Costantino family never lost their culinary traditions -- and now Rosetta shares them with us in My Calabria: Rustic Family Cooking from Italy's Undiscovered S...more
While the cuisine of Northern Italy, with its creamy sauces, has long been popular with Americans, Rosetta Constantino is determined to turn the spotlight to Calabria, her home region in Southern Italy. This is the land her parents emigrated from, the land of sweet and hot peppers, San Marzano tomatoes, seafood, capers, scavenged wild herbs and greens, and olive oil.
What she has compiled is a thick tome on local cooking in Calabria; she explains traditions of her own family, what other families...more
What she has compiled is a thick tome on local cooking in Calabria; she explains traditions of her own family, what other families...more
We got this book from the library, and loved it so much we got a copy for ourselves. We made the delicious chickpea and chicken soup, and pasta. Mostly, it's such a delightful cookbook to read. I love cookbooks that inspire you, and show you a world, what life is like in a specific time and place. Costantino does a fabulous job of exploring the foods of Calabria.
I don't normally place cook books in my good reads account. But this book is different. I loved the narrative Rose gave me on her life in Calabria. It is a beautiful book! I might even try some of her recipes!
Rosetta is a wonderful chef and teacher. Will upgrade my review as I have time to prepare some of these beautifully illustrated recipes.
Vegetable recipes are quite good; interesting lore on the region, too.
It's very authentic. It's a great addition to my collection.
I love reading cookbooks. period.
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Born and raised in Verbicaro, Calabria, Rosetta Costantino teaches cooking classes and lives in Oakland, California.
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