I’m a big fan of Italian food. Friends have recommended Marcella Hazan’s cookbooks to me for years. I finally got around to reading one: Marcella Says: Italian Cooking Wisdom from the Legendary Teacher’s Master Classes, With 120 of Her Irresistible New Recipes. Just a few pages into Marcella Say I discovered Marcella Hazan is a cook, not a chef. No exotic ingrediants, no bizarre techniques, no need for a blow-torch, just straight-forward cooking. I’ve tried a few recipes and found them delicious! I really liked the Asparagus and Shrimp Risotto. If you’re into Italian food, Marcella Says is worth a look. GRADE: B+
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Introduction
At Master Class
Crostini, Antipasti, Spuntini, and Pickles
Soups
Rice
Pasta Sauces
Homemade Pasta and Gnocchi
Fish
Chicken
Veal
Beef
Lamb
Pork
Vegetables
Salads
Baked Desserts
Gelati, Semifreddo, and Mascarpone
Appendix
Index
If I had to choose one type of food to eat all the time to the exclusion of all others it would definitely be Italian.
I don’t see us cooking risotto, however, and Jackie won’t eat asparagus. Let us know how it comes out.
Jeff, I’m sure you and Jackie would love some of the 120 recipes in this book. Like you, I could eat Italian food every day. Such variety!
Pizza is Italian, and good enough for me, but I like spaghetti and lasagna too. Barbara makes great spaghetti and lasagna and the joint down the street supplies the pizza. I just saved the price of this book.
Rick, you can’t go wrong with pizza, spaghetti, and lasagna. But none of them are low-carb.
Yum, love lasagna too. But then I love most kinds of pasta. Jackie discovered our favorite local Italian restaurant makes great gnocchi.
Jeff, Western NY has a dozen great Italian restaurants. And another dozen great pizza parlors.
A pound of Ronzoni and a jar of Ragu and I’m good. I’ve never had lasagne as good as my grandmother or kid sister made, so it’s always a disappointment whether frozen or from a restaurant.
Bob, I know what you mean. My Mom made amazing lasagna that beat anything I’ve ever eaten in an Italian restaurant.