Screen LibraryItalian classics : the best recipe /
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| Group Author: | ; ; |
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| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 481 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780936184586 0936184582 |
| Index Number: | TX723 |
| CLC: | TS972.185.46 |
| Call Number: | TS972.185.46/I883 |
| Contents: | Americans love Italian cooking because it is simple, familiar, and home-oriented. These characteristics lend themselves admirably to the plight of the American home cook. Yet two problems exist. First, many recipes have been Americanized put through the melting pot of common kitchen experience and convenience foods to produce lackluster results. Second, the ingredients and techniques that are traditional in Venice or Rome often make little sense in the suburbs of New York or on the farms of Iowa. Our task in Italian Classics was to adapt recipes without losing sight of their fundamental nature. The method we use is straightforward enough. We test a variety of recipes for a particular dish head-to-head, taste them blind, and then go on to develop out own recipe, varying ingredients and techniques judiciously as we go. Our goal is to arrive at the best version of an Italian favorite. This in-depth book provides answers and explanations as well as thoroughly tested recipes. How do you keep pesto from turning brown? What kind of tomatoes make the best sauce? Should you add oil to pasta cooking water? Italian Classics also contains dozens of no-nonsense equipment ratings and taste tests of supermarket ingredients and Italian staples such as olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and Parmesan cheese. Learn which ice cream machine makes the best gelato and why all cheese graters are not the same. More than 300 recipes cover the wide range of Italian cooking. All the essentials are here, from pesto and fresh tomato sauce to breaded chicken cutlets and Parmesan risotto. Family favorites such as eggplant Parmesan, spaghetti and meatballs, lemon roast chicken, ricotta cheesecake, and tiramis?have been updated and streamlined. Enjoy classic Italian recipes made easy and accessible by the editors of Cooks Illustrated magazine and the authors of The Best Recipe series. -- Back cover. |