The Sicilian Gentlemans Cookbook

Author : Don Baratta
Publisher : Prima Lifestyles
ISBN 13 : 9780914629061
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sicilian Gentleman's Cookbook written by Don Baratta and published by Prima Lifestyles. This book was released on 1988 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sicilian Gentleman's Cookbook is a son's tribute to his the father, "The Old Man" -- an Old World gent renowned as much for his cooking as for his delightful stories and outrageous claims. By the time you've finished reading his book you may not be convinced that Sicilians are responsible for chicken soup, rice, and pasta (as the Old Man claims) but you may well believe they invented laughter. The writing style is relaxed and conversational. The recipes -- more than 160 -- combine Sicilian and American influences and include antipasto and salads; vegetables; soups and stews; pasta and sauces; seafood; poultry and meat; and sweets. The dishes are all simple, authentic, and delicious: A Meatloaf Like No Other (combines Italian sausage, pine nuts, olives and wine)- Shellfish Marinara 1, 2, and 3 (each a distinct version) Pasta with Polpette (Sicilian meatballs that have a flattened oval shape, much like a stepped-on football. Odd they may look, but they're never tough since you need brown only two sides) Pasta with Beans, Pasta with Artichokes, Pasta with Cauliflower, Pasta with Eggplant An abundance of recipes for chicken and for fish -- and one for chicken with fish (plus a handful of dried figs) Traditional veal dishes Desserts that include holiday pastries, a ricotta pie, and a Sicilian rice pudding Readers not familiar with Sicilian cooking are in for a treat. The food of the Mediterranean's largest island was influenced by the people who conquered it. From the Arabs and Moors come stuffed vegetables and the use of dried fruits and pine nuts. From the Greeks come olive oil and lemon. It is a simpler cuisine than that of the north, emphasizing leaner ingredients. For Sicilians, seafood is more important than meat, and lamb is more likely to be seen on the table than is pork. The Sicilian Gentleman's Cookbook is filled with all the warmth, love, and happiness of the home that the Old Man created. The recipes are generously garnished with anecdotes and old-world philosophy.

Author : Cettina Vicenzino
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0744024919
Total Pages : 527 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sicily Cookbook written by Cettina Vicenzino and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-03-18 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on the enchanting culinary journey and experience the culinary delights of the Sicilian diet. Join Sicilian cook, writer, and photographer Cettina Vicenzino as she shares more than 70 authentic and mouth-watering recipes from this unique Mediterranean island. While only a few miles from Italy, Sicily's heritage is proudly distinct from that of the mainland, favoring dishes packed with spices, citrus fruits, cheeses, olives, tomatoes, eggplants, and seafood. Featuring three strands of Sicilian cooking - Cucina Povera (peasant food), Cibo di Strada (street food), and Cucina dei Monsù (sophisticated food) - alongside profiles on local chefs and food producers, The Sicily Cookbook invites you to discover the island's culinary culture and let your summer cooking burst with Mediterranean sunshine.

Author : Don Baratta
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781552096321
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sicilian Gentleman's Cookbook written by Don Baratta and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the Sicilian and Sicilians-American food. Includes over 160 recipes, 100 illustrations, anecdotes and folklore.

Author : Randy Motilall
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1664159037
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gentleman's Guide to Cooking written by Randy Motilall and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to impress someone with a classy night in? I designed this cookbook for you to impress a date, significant other, friends, or family with dishes that are not box meals or one-pot recipes. These recipes help you demonstrate your skills and willingness to go the extra mile and prepare an elegant meal experience. Start the night off with handcrafted cocktails and restaurant-quality appetizers. Then move along and wow with elegant entrées and side dishes. Cap the night off with delectable desserts that dazzle sweet tooths. The Gentleman’s Guide to Cooking has a wide range of recipes; this is not a single-track cuisine cookbook. You will find recipes from around the globe—Asia, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, and North America. Most of the dishes found in this book can be tailored for all dietary restrictions, with directions to make the dishes vegetarian-friendly as well. With the step-by-step directions I laid out for each recipe, anyone can make these dishes and impress!

Author : Wanda Tornabene
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 1524733075
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sicilian Home Cooking written by Wanda Tornabene and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2017-01-25 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "To know and be close to your family, nothing is more important than dining together at home, as often as possible, on delicious home cooking. Salute!" --Wanda Tornabene, from the Introduction Four years after winning the 1997 James Beard Award for Best Italian Cookbook, Wanda Tornabene and her daughter, Giovanna, return with a glorious second helping of homestyle recipes. Sicilian Home Cooking offers more charming stories and rustic, delicious dishes from the kitchen of Gangivecchio, the Tornabenes magnificent thirteenth-century abbey in Sicily's Madonie Mountains. As in the award-winning La Cucina Siciliana di Gangivecchio, here you'll find a wonderful array of simple, mouthwatering recipes for antipasti, soups, pasta, rice, meat, fish, vegetables, salads, and desserts including easy and delicious variations on bruschetta, the hearty Fagioli e Festoncini di Nonna Elena (Granny Elena's Bean and Pasta Soup), enticing entrees like Cotolette di Vitello di Wanda (Wanda's Veal Cutlets) and Gamberi in Crosta alla Gangivecchio (Gangivecchio's Shrimp en Croute), and sublime desserts like Cartocci (Fried Pastry Coils with Ricotta Cream) and Gelo di Caffe (Coffee Gelatine). Sicilian Home Cooking also offers some tempting new sections. Egg Dishes showcases this essential ingredient in beautiful frittatas. Pizza and Focaccia is a salute to these most Italian of breads, adorned with fresh toppings. The section on couscous teaches the traditional method for this Arab speciality, which Sicilians have adopted as their own. Wines and Liqueurs gives recipes for homemade, refreshing libations, including the Italian favorite, Limoncello. The homestyle recipes are nothing short of fantastic; but what makes this book even more special is that Wanda and Giovanna welcome you not only into their kitchen but also into their lives at Gangivecchio. In stories rich with the fragrant atmosphere of the gorgeous Sicilian countryside, they share memories of the annual grape harvest, a special Christmas snowstorm, and an illicit childhood trip on a commercial fishing boat. They describe favorite local restaurants and dishes from the past and the present. And they tell funny and touching stories of relatives, friends, and pets; both old and new. Sicilian Home Cooking is a cookbook and much more; a true slice of Sicilian life.

Author : Mary Taylor Simeti
Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pomp and Sustenance written by Mary Taylor Simeti and published by Alfred A. Knopf. This book was released on 1989 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys the bounty and history of the Sicilian table and weaves the two together to present recipes from everyday fare to special occasion treats.

Author : Vincent Schiavelli
Publisher : Birch Lane Press
ISBN 13 : 9781559725224
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sicilian Cookbook written by Vincent Schiavelli and published by Birch Lane Press. This book was released on 1999-08-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The grandson of a Sicilian chef recalls his grandfather's most delicious recipes, from eggplant parmigiana to the artichoke pie, with shortcuts for overworked cooks, seasonal menu planning advice, and a glossary of Sicilian cooking terms.

Author : Mary Taylor Simeti
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1908117915
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sicilian Food written by Mary Taylor Simeti and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2009-07-19 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide to Sicilian cooking filled with authentic, hard-to-find recipes from this sun-drenched island. Gleaned from the author’s friends, family, and acquaintances on the island of Sicily, Sicilian Food is a delicious journey through the food, traditions, and recipes of this corner of the world. Mary Taylor Simeti, an American who married a Sicilian, set out to discover the food of her husband firsthand. She haunted former convents and palaces where Palermo’s libraries have been maintained. She tested each ancient recipe herself and updated the methods, providing clear and easy-to-follow directions. The book reflects the unique culture of Sicily, both the external influences of a series of conquerors and the domestic changes brought about by peasant, clergy, and aristocrat alike. There are recipes using the vegetable abundance of the Sicilian landscape, recipes for ice cream or granita, and recipes with names like Virgins’ Breasts and Chancellor’s Buttocks. Rich with history, the book draws from Sicilian archives and museums and quotes from Homer, Plato, Apicius, Lampedusa, and Pirandello—offering not only a culinary adventure but also an experience that feels like traveling to Sicily.

Author : James Fentress
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501721518
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rebels and Mafiosi written by James Fentress and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, Sicilian "men of honor" have fought the controls of government. Between 1820 and 1860, rebellions shook the island as these men joined with Sicily's intellectuals in the struggle for independence from the Bourbon Kingdom of Naples. This lively account—the first to locate the emergence and evolution of the mafia in historical perspective—describes how those rebellions led to the birth of the modern mafia and traces the increasing influence of organized crime on the island. The alliance between two classes of Sicilians, James Fentress shows, made possible both the revolution and the mafia. Militancy in the ranks of the revolution taught men of honor how to organize politically. Communities then resisted the demands of central government by devising alternative controls through a network of local groups—the mafia cosche.Fentress tells his operatic story of honor and crime from the viewpoint of the Sicilians, and in particular of the great city of Palermo—from Garibaldi's historic arrival in 1860 to the spectacular mafia trials around the turn of the century. Drawing on police archives, trial records, contemporary journalism, and government reports, he describes how enduring political power plus a (richly deserved) reputation for violence helped the mafia secure covert relationships with groups that publicly denounced them. These contacts still protect today's mafiosi from Rome's efforts to eradicate the organization. The history of the mafia is indeed, Fentress shows, the history of Sicily.

Author : Ursula Ferrigno
Publisher : Ryland Peters & Small
ISBN 13 : 1788792491
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cucina Siciliana written by Ursula Ferrigno and published by Ryland Peters & Small. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the unique fusion of flavours that Sicilian food has to offer and bring some Mediterranean sunshine into your own kitchen. Sicily is a beguiling place and its prominent position has led to repeated conquests over the centuries, which has left an extraordinary cultural legacy and a reputation as the melting pot of the Mediterranean. The island's unique food is bright, earthy and suffused with the intensity of the Sicilian sun. Juicy tomatoes, the island's own fragrant olive oil, wild fennel and citrus fruits are all staple ingredients. Here you'll discover authentic recipes for the best food Sicily has to offer including antipasti, vibrant salads, light soups and pasta dishes. Delicious meat and fish recipes feature Sarde a Beccaficco (stuffed sardines), and Abbacchio alla Cacciatovia (pan-fried Spring lamb with herb and anchovy sauce). Sicilians notoriously have a sweet tooth and are among the best dessert-makers in Italy. Indulge in Pistachio Gelato, Cannoli (pastry tubes filled with sweetened ricotta) and possibly Sicily's most famous export, Cassata.