The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion & Cooking Manual

by Frank Castronovo, Frank Falcinelli, Peter Meehan

This witty cookbook featuring recipes from the famous Italian-American restaurant will seduce home cooks with shortcuts and insider tricks gleaned from years spent in gourmet kitchens, easy tutorials on making fresh pasta, and an amusing discourse on Brooklyn-style Sunday sauce."

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Nonfiction, Food and Drink

280 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2010

Reviews

[Daniel Grgas]

If you want to cook and don't know where to start this is the book for you. Every recipe is delicious, but it's more than that. This book teaches life lessons. Read it for pleasure once, for the philosophy. Then start making the food. Then keep it clutched at your side like a best friend, for it will keep you happy, knowing that when your are down you can turn to a well written book for ways to feed your face in elegant, cheap, ways.

[Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review: https://hiplibrariansbookblog.com/201...

[Kathie Yang · Rating 4 out of 5]

sometimes funny and not too complicated

[Maggie]

Tasty. I haven't yet made anything, but I like the esthetic - and I love the idea of making cheese broth out of the parmesan rinds (to use in lieu of stock).

[Down With People · Rating 5 out of 5]

i would die for the franks

[Karla Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ame este libro

Este libro comparte recetas hechas con mucha dedicación y mucho amor, sobre todo son recetas que cualquiera puede hacer con ingredientes básicos en su cocina y crear un momento especial entre amigos o familia.

lo recomiendo mucho para personas que quieren aprender a cocinar, o que quieren cocinar un poco mas gourmet en la comodidad de su casas, recetas muy bien explicadas y fáciles de entender.

[Cory · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel like I have recipes from my own Italian Grandma! Wonderful recipes!

[Maryam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Engaging book about an Italian restaurant in NYC. Best eggplant parm recipe.

[Brandon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simple - delicious take on Italian cuisine. The Cacio Pepe and Tiramisu are staples for me.

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

Most of the recipes in this cookbook are very simple (there must be ten recipes for roasting individual vegetables, seems like this could easily be contained in one recipe. . .). A few recipes are unique and stand out (there is a lamb sugo that is pretty complex and interesting, and the braciola includes visuals for help). I was a bit confused by the "cooking manual" part of the title. I thought it would be a reference in addition to recipes, but there is very little reference material included. Throughout the book are small boxes of instructions like how to shuck fava beans. But other than that, there is little "manual like" in the book. There is an 11 page description of making "sunday sauce" but it includes lots of visuals of things like grocery lists and time lines that just seemed like a waste of space.

[R. J · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book, makes me want to make a trip to New York just to have a dinner =) Like the attitude of the authors that cooking should be easy. To quote the cover "Grandma never broke a sweat. Neither should you." The only downside to this book is it goes against my new resolve to try to buy more foods locally. The best tomatoes come from Italy, of course.

[Jess · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't actually make anything from this book while I had it checked out, but I read the whole thing. There is a ton of good information about cooking, italian cooking, kitchen supplies and such in this cookbook. the recipes looked delicious. I think I might have to check it out again.

[Kari · Rating 5 out of 5]

I checked this out if the library, read it through and immediately purchased it. It reminds me of home. I can safely now remove all other Italian cookbooks from my shelves and tuck grandma's recipes in with this. Actually some of these are my grandma's recipes!

[Tippy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I devoured this book, I heart Frankie's in Brooklyn so much thanks to adri gallo & these recipes & how-to's are so up my alley!! Thank you so much Monique for this lovely gift. I'm also now starving & will go to the grocery tomorrow to immediately start trying these delights. Yum!!

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice discussion

But the recipes are not the recipes of my youth. My grandmother never, ever put pork in her sauce. Italian cooking is as varied as every family cooking it. Satisfaction comes from the tastes with which you are familiar, so a lot of these didn't grab me.

[Maureen Flatley · Rating 5 out of 5]

A terrific Italian cookbook w/ tons of great tips.

[Sarah Heartburn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Their Linguine Cacio e Pepe is really, really good--if a bit spicy.

[Drew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cookbook of the times, it's actually one to sit and read.

[Amie Leone · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent cookbook, a must have for all kitchens. I loved the recipes, the style of writing and the hand drawn illustrations.

[Lisa Fetterman · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best Italian cookbooks. It is well loved and stained in our kitchen.

[Matt Pez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic book and approach to Southern Italian cooking (where my family is from). I'm going to try to cook through this. I have never felt the urge to do that before with a cook book.

[shaya · Rating 5 out of 5]

oh my god, the meatball recipe is in here.