Tuscan-American Kitchen, A - Softcover

Cassandra Vivian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589809068 ISBN 13: 9781589809062

Publisher: Pelican Publishing Co. (US), 2011

Synopsis

This definitive Italian cookbook presents more than 250 kitchen-tested recipes, along with five essays and illustrated, step-by-step instructions for the essentials of Italian cooking, such as stuffing an artichoke, making cannelloni, identifying dozens of types of pasta, and more. In addition to the well-known pastas, breads, and meats, the recipes include canapes, sweets, baccal, chicken galatine, soups, vegetables, porchetta, sausage, salami, and other cured meats. Indexes and recipe listings in both Italian and English and a complete chapter devoted to the gran fritto misto (the Italian method for frying meats and vegetables) complete this wholesome and hearty celebration of homemade Tuscan cooking.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Italians do not require much of an excuse to enjoy their food. Whether it is a festa, family celebration, holiday, or a simple supper, Italian traditions start at the kitchen table. In this glorious celebration of the Tuscan cucina, five essays accompany more than 250 tried-and-true recipes honoring family, flavor, and tradition.
Spiced with rosemary, parsley, sage, and basil, the hallmarks of Tuscan cuisine include heavy bean soups; heaped platters of rabbit, pheasant, and duck; flatbread and fried bread; panforte from Siena; grilled steaks from Florence; and the wines of Chianti. In addition to the well-known pastas, breads, and meats, the recipes include canapï¿1/2s, sweets, baccalï¿1/2, chicken galantine, soups, vegetables, porchetta, sausage, salami, and other cured meats. Indexes and recipe listings in both Italian and English and a complete chapter devoted to the gran fritto misto--the Italian method for frying meats and vegetables--complete this wholesome and hearty celebration of homemade Tuscan cooking.
A third-generation Italian American, Cassandra Vivian is a historian, columnist, public relations consultant, entrepreneur, photographer, and English instructor. The author of nearly twenty books, Vivian has been honored for her achievements in publishing and the arts, and she has received awards from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the NAACP, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and the Outstanding Young Women of America program. She lives in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania.
Vivian Pelini Sansone is the daughter of Italian immigrants. Her mother instilled in her a love of cooking, and Sansone has always enjoyed perfecting new recipes and old standbys, much to the joy of her family. Now retired, she worked for Bell Telephone Company for more than three decades. She lives in New Castle, Pennsylvania.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pelican Publishing Co. (US)
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1589809068
• ISBN 13: 9781589809062
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384