Italy claims more grape varieties than any other country: 350 have been codified and more than 1,000 others are being catalogued and studied. This extraordinary range of grapes and wine styles means that Italy’s potential as a source for diverse and distinguished wines has barely been tapped and is little understood. ... read more

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Matt Kramer, longtime Wine Spectator columnist and author of the classic Making Sense series of wine books, now turns his palate toward Italy. Though Italian wine is the most popular wine among consumers, it remains puzzling to most wine lovers who wouldn’t know a Barolo from a Barbaresco. Though shrouded in mystery, Italian ... read more

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Sure to excite lovers of the best Italian cooking, Mario Batali Simple Italian Food: Recipes from My Two Villages reenvisions classic home cucina with enticing results. Batali, known to fans as “Molto Mario” from his Television Food Network shows, and as chef-owner ... read more

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It’s time for panna cotta to get its due as a dessert classic. An exquisitely silky custard, panna cotta is at its most basic a confluence of cream, gelatin and sugar, and a short list of other ingredients that lend it ... read more

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“Solo Dolci is a marvelous book of intense, narrow focus. Anna Bruni Benson has assembled a few score recipes for desserts near and dear to the hearth and home of native Italians, lifting the veil of preconceptions so that the sunbeams of sweets-eating in Italy can shine ... read more

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In this small but tasty collection of Italian recipes, Quinn, host of the PBS series Everyday Food and author of Lucinda’s Authentic Jamaican Kitchen, draws on her travels and ancestral past for classic home-cooked dishes. In bringing rustic Italian food to the busy American table, ... read more

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Gelato and pannetone are only the most popular Italian desserts; they keep company here with more than 100 pastries and cakes, cookies and puddings introduced by Malgieri ( Nick Malgieri’s Perfect Pastry ), former executive pastry chef of New York City’s Windows on the World. ... read more

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Gina DePalma is the pastry chef at Manhattan’s Babbo, home of Mario Batali’s most acclaimed Italian fare. In Dolce Italiano, DePalma offers 90-plus doable recipes for a wide range of traditional and signature Italian sweets, such as Chocolate and Walnut Torte from Capri, Venetian Apple Cake, ... read more

DESCRIPTION This book is a collection of 87 recipes. It is a carefully prepared combination of classic and creative Italian recipes.There is plenty to choose from starters, soups, salads, and also a whole section on glossary that will help you familiarize with the ingredients used in Italian cooking.
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