Just Like Mama Used to Make: Recipes and Traditions from an Italian Kitchen

by Lella Antinozzi (Author), Floris Leeuwenberg (Photographer)

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  Hardcover
  2005

  $5.81

  Sumptuous, little-known regional Italian recipes, an atmospheric photo-journey to the soul of Italy, and a celebration of a mother's culinary legacy, are all rolled up into one fantastic cookbook that reads like a cultural history or biography. Savor wonderful Southern Italian specialties handed down for generations, like homemade Pasta and Pizza, Fig Jam, Codfish in Crazy Water, Sea Salad, Feast Day Ragout in Meat Sauce, Grandmother's Butter Cake and rich, chocolate-y Christmas Snake. A feast for the eyes, belly, and soul, it's the perfect gift for anyone in love with Italy or Italian cuisine.
  

• Used

  Hardcover
  2005

  $3.25

  In today's hectic world, few find time to cook for the sheer love of it. Inspired by her mother's wonderful food, Lella Antinozzi provides the perfect antidote to our culinary ills, passing on the traditional recipes from her mother's kitchen. A feast for the eyes and stomach as well as the soul, this book celebrates a mother's cultural and culinary legacy. Just one generation ago, Italian life revolved around one thing - food. Delicious smells would drift from Italian kitchens from early morning until late in the evening. Lella Antinozzi was lucky enough to be raised in a house with one of these kitchens. Inspired by her mother's wonderful food, Lella has created a cookbook that celebrates the food she grew up with. This is not just a cookbook, but the story of her mother - Rosetta - and her dedication and total commitment to cooking. Rosetta learned to cook from her mother, her grandmother and other women in the family. These recipes have been handed down by generations of women who put their considerable passion into cooking. They represent all Italian women who express their creativity as a sacred rite in the kitchen.Beautifully illustrated with atmospheric, sumptuous photography, this book will transport you to the warmth southern Italy and allow you to savour for yourself the secrets of this region's culinary history.