Easy Italian Cookbook: The Step-by-step Guide to Deliciously Easy Italian Food at Home - Softcover

Donovan, Jennifer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844833712 ISBN 13: 9781844833719

Publisher: Duncan Baird Publishers, 2007

Synopsis

Homemade pasta, tuna carpaccio, chicken Cacciatora, tiramisu - if these are all dishes that you'd love to be able to cook and eat at home, "The Easy Italian Cookbook" is the book for you. Aimed at cooks new to the ingredients and techniques used in Italian cookery, this book takes you through the process of creating tempting Italian dishes step by step, to enable you to quickly master this colourful and diverse cuisine. All the ingredients and methods are fully illustrated, and each recipe is divided into clear stages and techniques, showing that making the perfect al dente risotto is really as simple as stirring hot stock into rice. Part 1 introduces you to the world of Italian cooking, explaining the ingredients, equipment, methods and basic preparations such as stocks and sauces, pasta, polenta and pizza dough. Part 2 - the Recipes - focuses on different cooking methods, giving recipes for starters and snacks, light and main meals and simple yet innovative desserts. Part 3 gives you a cross-referenced collection of Meal Plans, showing tasty meals for lunches and dinners, whether you want a bowl of pasta on a weekday evening or a sumptuous feast for your friends and family. With stunning photography throughout, "The Easy Italian Cookbook" is the one-stop Italian cookbook for beginners.

About this title

About the Author

Jennifer Donovan was born in Australia where she trained and developed her passion for good food. Now living in London, she teaches at Notting Hill's "Books for Cooks", and the Divertimenti Cookery Theatre in Marylebone.

Edition details

• Publisher: Duncan Baird Publishers
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844833712
• ISBN 13: 9781844833719
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216