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Italian Food & Cooking
Ricette di Cucina

Selected Books

Lidia's Italy
Bastianich, Lidia
Lidia's Italy
TX723.B3224 2007
"140 Simple and Delicious Recipes from the Ten Places in Italy Lidia Loves Most"
 
La Cucina di Lidia
Bastianich, Lidia
La Cucina di Lidia: Recipes and Memories from Italy's Adriatic Coast
TX723.2.N65 B37 2003x
Lidia was born in Istria, which is now Serbia.
 
Regional Foods of Northern Italy
De Blasi, Marlena
Regional Foods of Northern Italy: Recipes and Remembrances
TX723.D49 1997
Marlena de Blasi is an American food and wine journalist and culinary historian who lives in Italy. The book evokes the essence of Northern Italy's traditional foods in a beautifully wrought amalgam of recipe and narrative.
 
A Taste of Southern Italy
De Blasi, Marlena.
A Taste of Southern Italy: Delicious Recipes and a Dash of Culture
TX723.2.S65 D435 2006
From the bestselling author of "A Thousand Days in Venice" comes a collection of mouthwatering recipes from all over southern Italy, interwoven with anecdotes of her travels and the culture of the region. Originally published as "Regional Foods of Southern Italy" in 1999.
 
Everyday Italian
De Laurentiis, Giada.
Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes
TX723.D323 2005
You can either take out this book or the DVDs of her popular Food Network TV series: Everyday Italian
 
Farris, Efisio
Sweet Myrtle and Bitter Honey: the Mediterranean Flavors of Sardinia
TX723.F355 2007x
An interesting cookbook with unusual homestyle recipes from Sardinia. Not your common spaghetti and meatballs Italian-American cooking but one that includes unusual ingredients like myrtle, bitter honey, and fregula (toasted semolina pasta). There are recipes for mussels, goat, tripe, eel and fresh cheese curd and the commentary that goes alongside (Efisio Farris grew up in Sardina and his family still lives there) makes this book an excellent read.
 
Trattoria
Ferrigno, Ursula
Ursula Ferrigno's Trattoria: a Passion for Italian Food
TX723.F466948 2006x
More than just a cookbook, this work is a travelogue filled with colorful images and mouthwatering recipes sure to transport the reader into the world of homestyle Italian food.
 
Antipasti
Goldstein, Joyce Esersky
Antipasti: Fabulous Appetizers and Small Plates
TX740.G54 2006
One could exist merely on appetizers and here you will find a wide selection, both for meat eaters and vegetarians.
 
Cucina del Sole
Jenkins, Nancy Harmon
Cucina del Sole: a Celebration of Southern Italian Cooking
TX723.2.S65 J44 2007
This bestselling book covers the regions of Campania, Calabria, Basilicata, Puglia and Sicily. Previous books by Jenkins are Flavors of Tuscany and Flavors of Puglia.
 
The Silver Spoon
The Silver Spoon
q TX723.C8513 2005x
Italy's best-selling cookbook for over 50 years has now been translated into English. This bible of authentic Italian cooking has over 2,000 recipes, including pizzas, soups, polenta, pasta, risottos, timbales, eggs, vegetables, fish and more.
 
Cucina of Le Marche
Trabocchi, Fabio.
Cucina of Le Marche
TX723.T72 2006
Recipes from the Kitchens and Traditions of Italy's Most Undiscovered Region
 
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Web Sites

  • AOL Food: Pasta Shape Identification Quiz
    Test your knowledge of pasta shapes and learn a lot!
  • The Art of Cookery
    Traditional Italian recipes & wines from Florentine and Tuscan cooking by the Mandragora Publishing House, Florence.
  • Barilla US
    The website of this Italian manufacturer of pasta offers a database of recipes that you can search and browse by type of pasta, by season or by region. It also contains a glossary.
  • Borders Kitchen
    This new feature from Borders Bookstore highlights cookbook authors in online videos. The first one is Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, owner of Lidia's in the Strip District in Pittsburgh!
  • Buonissimo
    This is a web magazine of cooking in Italian.
  • La Cucina Italiana (Italian)
    La Cucina Italiana (English)
    Italian and English editions of the oldest and most authoritative magazine of Italian gourmet cuisine. Includes a daily recipe in English and a Regional Food Archive to help readers better savor and enjoy their time while travelling to Italy.
  • Culinary Institute of America World Flavors: Sicily
    Watch these streaming videos of the food of Sicily. You can also download the recipes.
  • Divina Cucina
    This Italian cooking school in Florence, Italy, has a selection of recipes on their website, including panforte, Bollito Misto, Polpettone di Patate (potato meatloaf), and Pappa al Pomodoro (tomato mush).
  • DolceVita: Wine & Cuisine
    This Italian site in English offers a wide variety of information on Italian food products, including recipes. Check out their user's guide to rice (for risotto and other things). It even includes a section by Marcella Hazan and a Dictionary of Regional Delicacies.
  • Epicurious International Cooking: Italian
    Browse through pages of Italian recipes from Bon Appetit and Gourmet magazines.
  • Gambero Rosso
    An Italian magazine of wine, travel, and food. Available in both Italian and English.
  • Italian Cooking and Living
    This magazine offers recipes
  • Italian Food Forever
    A website with recipes and articles about Italian food traditions, maintained by Deborah Mele. Look here for reviews of Italian cookbooks, It also includes links to affiliated websites, like Nonna Lina's Kitchen.
  • Italian Made
    This promotional website by the Italian Trade Commission offers a lot of information about foods and wines from the distinct regions of Italy.
  • Lidia's Italy
    This is the companion website to the PBS television series. Includes a schedule of each episode and what it covers as well as many recipes.
  • Made-in-Italy: Wine & Food
    This website contains a good overview of Italian regional food with an introduction by Marcella Hazan.
  • Mangiare Bene
    A professionally developed Italian food site (in both English and Italian), with hundreds of recipes, including gourmet recipes from restaurant chefs.
  • New York Times: Totally Authentic Flavors of Sicily
    An article about traditional foods of Sicily
  • Terra di Toscana: Cucina toscana
    Terra di Toscana is a travel promotion website for Tuscany. Their Tuscan Cuisine section offers extensive information under 5 topics: Giuseppe Alessi's cuisine (many recipes), Typical products (information about many agricultural products), Pamela Sheldon Johns, Popular cuisine, and Cooking courses