David Ruggerio's Italian Kitchen: Family Recipes from the Old Country

This book is a great reference for traditional Italian recipes. Together with Little Italy, it's all you need to cook delicious dishes just like Grandma used to make. I would heartily recommend it!

I enjoyed reading this book almost as much as I enjoyed the recipes I prepared from it. As the Italian Food Host @ BellaOnline, I keep primarily an Italian kitchen, and have over 130 Italian cookbooks in my collection. This book has great photos, interesting little articles throughout and VERY good recipes. I am partial to southern Italian cooking anyway, so this book with it's Sicilan and Napolitano influences was particularly appealing. I have made quite a few recipes from this book already and apart from the odd one or two, would repeat them all. If you like southern Italian cooking with it's bold flavors, you won't be disappointed with this book!

Everyone, but especially Italian-Americans will love the stories related by David Ruggerio and will recognize their own families in them as well. Ruggerio has memorialized the delicious foods we grew up on and fondly recall today. The traditional recipes brought me back to the days at my grandmother's table. Truly a treasured addition to every Italian kitchen, enabling the traditions to continue for generations to come.

David Ruggiero's Italian Kitchen: Family Recipes From The Old Country showcases more than one hundred and fifty recipes collected from family and friends provide a range of traditional Italian dishes, blending with vivid photos of southern Italian people, markets and culinary traditions. Sidebars of 'how to' information enhances the readability and character of these dishes: the result is a spicy blend of appealing dishes steeped in Italian tradition. Wonderfully illustrated by the photography of by Maura McEvoy.

This book is a delightful combination of wonderful recipes, artful photographs, and nostalgic recollections! The recipes are easy to follow and contain ingredients readily found. I particularly liked the old photographs of Mr. Ruggerio's family, and his anecdotes about them. I can hardly wait to try all the recipes-especially the fish ones. They all look spectacular!