Description
From the Dust Jacket
This is a cookbook like no other. It evokes the essence of Northern Italy’s traditional foods in a beautifully wrought amalgam of recipe and narrative. It beckons you across the wet stone of Venice’s Rialto bridge into a candlelit fifteenth-century cantina. It invites you down a forest road in Umbria, where grappa-fortified fishermen toss trout onto a wood fire and stage a sunset feast. It proffers nearly two hundred recipes from the heart and soul of Italy’s North, including:
Risotto allo Zafferano Milanese
Pasta delle Sfogliatrici
Arista! Arista!
Pesce in Saor
La Salsiccia alla Moda di Lucrezia Borgia
Fegato alla Veneziana
Carbonada d’Enfer Arvier
Pesto di Mandorle e Noci Ferraresi
Pollo alla Marengo
Cialzons della Famiglia de Galateo
Pagnotta di Patate
Pasta e Fagioli
Sogliole in Gratella
Caffe alla Valdostana
Tiramisu, and many others
This remarkable world within a book reflects the honest, authentic tastes of a people for whom food is a cardinal passion. With it in hand, you will perfume your home with the ancient and divine scents of glorious food, calling forth the ineffable essence of this land and its bounty. Let the adventure begin.
Publishing Info
Regional Foods of Northern Italy: Recipes and Remembrances by Marlena de Blasi. From the First Printing by Prima Publishing with 1997 copyright. The ISBN is 0-7615-0905-4. This hardcover book measures about 9-1/2″ x 7-3/4″ and has 368 pages, ending with the Index. No photos but there are some illustrations.
Condition
See the photo above. The dust jacket shows some storage. The boards are pages are in very good condition. The binding is strong and square. No indication this was ever used. No names, but black marker line (remainder mark?) on the bottom edge of the pages near the spine. From clean, smoke-free home.
Shipping
Generally sent the same day payment arrives. Unless you request otherwise, I will wrap the book in plastic wrap to help protect it from the elements, create a custom-made cardboard box to ship it in, and send via Media Mail with Delivery Confirmation tracking. See the shipping page for the cost to send a three-pound Media Mail package. Insurance is an additional cost as described. I am delighted to combine postage and insurance costs if you purchase more than one item. The second item may travel for free or just a few cents more — so it’s worth taking a look at my other items before you complete your order.
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