Simple Italian Cookery

by Antonia Isola

In 1912 when Antonia Isola published Simple Italian Cookery Italian food was virtually unknown in the United States. Many people thought the Italian diet consisted only of garlic and oil. This book was written to give Americans a glimpse into a new style of cooking. The book contains recipes for soups, meats, vegetables, desserts and of course pasta.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Reference

60 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1912

Reviews

[Sarah Jean · Rating 3 out of 5]

Badly formatted and possibly badly translated in parts. There are definitely times when the recipe is vague. However there are ideas and combinations in this cookbook that I haven’t seen other places and may consider trying.

[Justin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not paleo (plenty of cheese/grains). That being said, this is well formatted for an old/free book and better than all of the other similar ones I've seen thus far

[Susan Molloy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy Italian recipes, and some very different:

Spaghetti with Tunny-Fish (blue fin tuna) 🐟
Ravioli with (Lamb’s) Brains 🧠
Ravioli with Curds and Spinach 🍲
Lettuce in the Oven 🥗
Fried Brains . . .

[Susan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Waste of time

I didn't care for this at all. I didn't like the recipes or the way the book was written. I wouldn't make most of the recipes. But to each his own