Williams-Sonoma Foods of the World: Florence: Authentic Recipes Celebrating the Foods of the World

by Lori De Mori, Chuck Williams (Editor), Jason Lowe (Photographer)

Describes the culinary tradition of Tuscany, including Florence, and offers forty-five recipes for appetizers, main dishes, vegetables dishes, and desserts.

Genres: Cookbooks, Italy, Food, Cooking, Travel

192 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2004

Reviews

[Dray · Rating 2 out of 5]

Part travelogue, part recipe book. Unfortunately, slim pickings for vegetarians.

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book combines recipes, artistic photographs of culture and food, and highlights on different varieties of favorite foods such as cheeses, breads, and gelato. FLORENCE captures the foods and meals consumed by the every-day Florentine.

I personally love to cook, and when I received this book as a gift this Christmas, I was very excited to create some of the best foods my family and I ate while staying in Florence this past summer. The food in Florence, to us, was the most memorable (aside from the home-cooked meal of pesto we shared with family in Genoa).

[Raelene · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful! The photos are fantastic, the recipes glamorous and enticing but the instructions are still easy to follow and the ingredients are surprisingly not hard to find. The anecdotal and cultural information is fabulous. This really is a wonderful cookbook and highly recommended. I LOVE the recipe for peach sorbet. We've modified it for all kinds of fruit sorbets - raspberry, melon, apricot - it's delish.

[Tgaylord · Rating 3 out of 5]

Most everything in here looks good, though having spent a week in Florence, I'm not entirely sold on the authentic part.

[Redsteve · Rating 2 out of 5]

OK. Similar to the Culinaria books, but more coffee-table-y. Pretty much no history and fairly minimal on the recipies. Lovely close-ups of Florentine foods.

[Catherine Woodman · Rating 3 out of 5]

This series is very well produced and the recipes do tend to work out--just not especially imainative

[Sean · Rating 4 out of 5]

The arugula pizza recipe in this cookbook is fantastic!