Passione: The Italian Cookbook

Passione: The Italian Cookbook

by Gennaro Contaldo (Author), Gennaro Contaldo (Author)

Synopsis

Full of colourful and modern recipes that evoke Italian life at its most enticing, this is the first cookbook from Gennaro Contaldo. Gennaro's passion for fresh, seasonal ingredients and his love of simple food is shared here with the energy for which he is famous. With evocative stories from his childhood - free-diving for oysters, foraging for wild mushrooms and bunking off school to go fishing - it is also illustrated with photographs from his childhood as well as modern food photography. This book reveals the secrets of Gennaro's own basic recipes as well as some of the best-loved dishes from his restaurant - fillet of seabream with honey and vinegar , lamb cutlets with mixed herbs and prosciutto and limoncello and strawberry ice cream .

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Headline Home
Published: 07 Apr 2003

ISBN 10: 0755311183
ISBN 13: 9780755311187

Media Reviews
Every Jamie Oliver fan will know the name Gennaro Contaldo: Jamie's mentor, guide, inspiration and frequent guest on his television shows. Owner of Passione, a top Italian restaurant in London, his origins are much more humble. Born on the Amalfi coast, he started work in the local restaurants at the tender age of 8 and moved to Britain in 1969, working in restaurants across the country, honing his skills as a master chef. Here he shares not only his restaurant's best-loved dishes but recipes from home - childhood favourites and the Italian coastal region's specialities from where he originates. Simple chicken broth, Neapolitan pizza and risotto terrone intermingle with the more exotic tagliolini with black truffle, stuffed globe artichokes and guinea fown with pancetta and raisins. Juices run and saliva builds up over Gennaro's mouth-watering descriptions of the origins of these recipes, the familial ties and sumptuous photographs of Jason Lowe. Interspersed with Gennaro's own family photographs, this is a humbling picture of one of London's top restaurant owners and chefs, dispelling the myth of high falutin' prima donnas and explaining a lot of Jamie Oliver's ethos in the kitchen. - Lucy Watson
Author Bio
Gennaro began to work in the kitchens of local restaurants, at his home on the Amalfi coast, at the age of eight. In 1969, he moved to Britain where he worked in various restaurants in London, the Midlands and Scotland. His expertise has led him to advise some of television's most famous chefs - including Antonio Carluccio and Jamie Oliver - as well as appear in various TV shows himself. In 1999 he opened PASSIONE restaurant in London.