Encyclopedia of Italian Cookin

My wife gave me a copy of this book a number of years ago. It has become my most used cookbook. The recipes are wonderful, the instructions clear, and the pictures add a lot. The initial section on ingredients is alone worth the price of the book. It is a real education in Italian ingredients and a fun read in and of itself.I recently ordered one for my daughter who always enjoyed reading mine. Highly recommended for anyone who likes Italian cooking!

The Italian Cooking Encyclopedia is an enormous book that has detailed photographs showing the reader how to prepare and cook italian recipes. Every recipe is very simple to follow and understand. This is a great type of book for me because I am a visual learner, I need to see the finished product so that I can see what Im cooking. Plus the photographs show how mouth watering the dishes are. Another wonderful thing is that the encyclopedia includes roughly 100 or so pages describing the ingredients in the recipes. It shows different pastas, grains, cheeses, and vegetables which is a great tool for future use in deciphering Italian recipes in other cookbooks also. I love a lot of the recipes in the book inluding the tiramisu, and the tuna canneloni. There are a lot of good standards such as linguini with clams, and fettucine with cream sauce. I recieved this book when I was just learning to cook (about 8 years ago) and I refered back to this a lot. It would be a great gift for the beginning chef or someone who loves colorful cookbooks.

This book has true, authentic Italian recipes that taste out of this world! I especially like all the information provide about the various pastas, cheeses, herbs, etc. The recipes are wonderful but most are not for the novice cook. If you love Italian food and love to cook, definitely try to find a copy of this book!

This cookbook is a delight - beautiful pictures, clear directions, and marvelous results. All the recipes I have made from this book have been a success, especially the bolognese sauce. The "picture-book" section about pastas, cheeses, spirits, and such is a great visual guide to elements of Italian cooking. The only drawback is the author's tendency to use Italian terms without explaning what they are, but with a little brainpower, the term becomes clear. A great addition to a food library.

I picked this cookbook up and looked at it when someone brought it in at work, I was so impressed with the overall book that I ordered it for my Father-In-Law for Christmas. The beautifully laid out recipes and pictures make it easy to understand what your final dish should look like. The Italian terms may throw you a little but you usually can figure out what it means. Very nice sections on pasta, vegetables, rice & grains and apertifs are very educational. My father-in-law will be thrilled with this.