Describes how certain ingredients--olive oil, nuts, garlic, and cheese among them--combine with fresh produce, meat, and poultry to produce the flavors of Italian cuisine, and includes over 160 recipes arranged by ingredients

The Italian Pantry

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

DEL CONTE, Anna

Regional & International

Harpercollins

A seasonal guide to Italian home cooking includes fifty complete menus with recipes for 165 authentic Italian meals. By the author of The Italian Pantry. National ad/promo.

A Casa: Seasonal Italian Home Cooking

Risotto With Nettles: A Memoir With Food

Memoir of the woman who first brought Italian cooking to Britain and fuelled a culinary revolution. Born in Milan, Anna Del Conte grew up in Italy in a gentler time. When war came to Italy everything changed: her family had to abandon their apartment and the city for the countryside, where the peasants still ate well, but life was dangerous. As a teenager, Anna became used to throwing herself into a ditch as the strafing planes flew over, and was imprisoned, twice. Her story is informed and enlivened by the food and memories of her native land -- from lemon granita to wartime risotto with nettles, from vitello tonnato to horsemeat roll, from pastas to porcini. Anna arrived in England in 1949 to a culinary wasteland. She married an Englishman and stayed on, and while bringing up her children, she wrote books which inspired a new generation of cooks. This is a memoir of a life seen through food -- each chapter rounded off with mouthwatering recipes.

Risotto with Nettles: A Memoir with Food

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Vintage Books

Pastas, pestos, risottos, sublime cheeses, scintillating seasonings, superb wines, and of course delectable desserts: no wonder the first known food writer was Italian. With fish from the port of Ostia, game from the hills near Rome, and the freshest fruits and vegetables, nature has blessed the country with delicious bounty. Prepare your own Italian feast with luscious recipes that range from antipasti, soups, and seafood to sauces, breads, and pizzas. Background information will acquaint you with the cuisine's development, and the different regional specialties (such as Emilia-Romagna's prosciutto di Parma.) Bring to your table a Frittata al Formaggio, the perfect light main course; Mozzarella in Carozza, or a fried mozzarella sandwich; Anolini alla Piacentina, small ravioli stuffed with braised beef; and Gelato di Crema, a smooth, fresh, lemony custard ice cream. With an A-Z of ingredients and, of course, a wine list from this land of vines!

Gastronomy of Italy

Cooking Education & Reference

Prentice Hall Direct

Italian Kitchen is a classic Italian cookbook and an essential for any modern household. With four chapters -- Antipasti, Pasta, Risottos and Dolci -- Italian Kitchen is a bible for the fundamentals of Italian cooking. There are simple starters like Bruschetta with Tomato; timeless pasta sauces like Pesto; distinctive risottos; and delectable puddings like Chocolate and Pear Cake. Anna Del Conte is the grande dame of Italian cooking. After moving to England from Milan, she wrote her first book, Portrait of Pasta, in 1975. She was the first cookery writer in England to specialise in Italian cooking and she inspired today's generation of chefs. Italian Kitchen resonates with Anna's flair and expertise. Her lively style is punctuated by descriptions of regional dishes, a guide to really understanding pasta, Italian gastronomic traditions, and much more. First published as four separate volumes, these recipes have here been brought together into a single edition with exquisite photography throughout. It is a modern classic by Britain's most influential Italian cookery writer.

Italian Kitchen

Square Peg

Secrets from an Italian Kitchen

Transworld Publishers, Ltd

Gathers recipes for salads, stuffed vegetables, grilled breads, and appetizers that feature fish and meat

ANTIPASTI AND OTHER APPETIZERS: GLI ANTIPASTI

Simon&Schuster

The author of Sweet Things: I Dolci presents a collection of rice recipes that show readers how to make delicious Italian rice dishes, including soups, molds, salads, and sweets. Original.

I Risottoi: Risottos and Other Rice Dishes (Anna Del Conte's Italian Kitchen)

Sharply observant, evocative, and full of tastes and talk of food, one of the greatest living experts on Italian food offers a delicious, poignant memoir of an unusual life Anna Del Conte's life story is informed and enlivened by the food and memories of her native Italy—from lemon granita in childhood winters to wartime risotto with nettles, from vitello tonnato to horsemeat roll, from pastas to porcini—each chapter rounded off with mouthwatering recipes. Born in Milan, she grew up in pre-war Italy in a privileged gentler time. When war came to Italy her family had to abandon their apartment and the city for the countryside, where in war-torn Italy the peasants still ate well, but life was dangerous. As a teenager, Anna became used to throwing herself into a ditch as attack planes flew over, and was imprisoned, twice. She arrived in England in 1949 when much of Britain was a culinary wasteland, married a

Community & Culture

RANDOM HOUSE UK

Coco is Anna Del Conte's 12-year-old granddaughter and her tireless helper in the kitchen. From a very early age, Coco showed an interest in food and cooking - Anna taught her to smell and taste food, and soon enough Coco was able to start helping, progressing from decorating cakes to making pasta to conjuring up her favourite tagines. Taking us from the simple dishes of the early stages, through to more complex cooking for older children - by way of meatballs, Coco's first biscuits, lamb with couscous and sweet ricotta pancakes - and illustrated with beautiful photographs, Anna Del Conte brings us the best of all the recipes they have cooked together. In a relaxed, informal style, she shows how to teach children the importance of seasonal food, how to introduce new skills and techniques, and how to choose the best ingredients. But "Cooking with Coco" is also an inspirational reminder of how much fun families can have together in the kitchen. Written by an internationally renowned cook, food writer and grandmother, for all the eager - and sometimes mischievous - faces around her table, "Cooking with Coco" is a book for anyone who wants to introduce children to simple, healthy and delicious cooking and the joy and satisfaction of making it themselves.

Cooking with Coco: Family Recipes to Cook Together

Chatto&Windus

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