Valvona & Crolla: A Year at an Italian Table - Hardcover

Mary Contini

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0091930456 ISBN 13: 9780091930455

Publisher: Ebury Press, 2009

Synopsis

Valvona & Crolla has been described as 'the Sistine chapel of continental delis'. Founded in 1934 by the Continis' ancestors, the Italian shop and restaurant is legendary in food circles for its excellent food and drink. Now, co-owners Mary (author of the bestselling Dear Francesca and co-author of the Easy Peasy cooking series) presents 200 delicious and authentic recipes. Organised season by season, the book offers a year of sumptuous delights from around the country of her heritage, together with recommendations for wines to match them.

Starting with the festive flavours of winter, such as a creamy chestnut soup with smoked pancetta, moving on to the best of spring's vegetables with a broad bean and spinach frittata, fresh seafood dishes in the summer, and finishing with the truffles, olive pressings and slow-cooked casseroles of the autumn, this beautifully written and evocatively photographed book adds up to a food diary of personal stories, history, anecdotes and recipes, all imbued with the warmth and local knowledge that only a true Italian family, passionate about food, can deliver.

About this title

Review:

"A loving and lyrical tome of a cookbook" (Caterer and Hotelkeeper)

"suggestions for sumptuous, seasonal cooking spiced with memories of the shop, it's character and history" (Saga)

"Celebrate home cooking the Italian way" (Country Life)

"You can't go wrong realy, if you approach food in this celebratory spirit" (London Evening Standard)

Book Description:

A glorious Italian cookbook from the award-winning and rapidly growing Edinburgh-based delicatessen

About this edition

• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0091930456
• ISBN 13: 9780091930455
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320