Italian Farmhouse Cookbook

The 11th Reviewer of the Italian Farmhouse Cookbook is such a naysayer! I've been 'eyeing' this cookbook for the past year and I can't wait to get my ovenmitts on it! As another Reviewer said, 'this is a FARMHOUSE cookbook'; recipes made by REAL people and recipes meant to be used, instead of merely looked at on the coffee table.

If I were a green bean willing to sacrifice myself for someone's dinner, I'd hope that they read Susan Hermann Loomis' Italian Farmhouse Cookbook and prepared me as 'Green Beans with Tomatoes' with fresh sage, olive oil, and garlic. We had Loomis' green beans tonight along with 'Chicken with Lemon Rosemary Salt.' Last night we had her 'Red Onion Pizza' which is made with the best homemade pizza dough that I've found anywhere. If you're looking for a good Italian cookbook with simple recipes and easy prep this is it. Mark this one KEEPER.

I loved this cookbook. I would urge anyone to use her trick to make balsamic vinegar thick and sweet, and the versatile dough used to make pizza and rolls is heavenly! I really enjoyed all of the stories in it also. Great book!

Having recently spent three weeks in Tuscany, I was eager to find a cookbook to help me duplicate the tastes I'd experienced. I knew French Farmhouse Cookbook was a marvel and decided to try this, much to my pleasure.The recipes are perfect, to my way of thinking, clearly written, easily followed, and of course, as with all Loomis' recipes, simply delicious.These are comfort foods, though salubrious, relying heavily on fresh ingredients, but don't most good recipes! Now, I'm more eager than ever to grow my own produce, mushroom hunt, keep a window, herb garden and find an excellent butcher.

Recently, I acquired Susan Loomis' new cook book Italian Farmhouse Cooking. One day, on a boring Sunday afternoon, I was sitting at the dining room table thinking. Directly in front of me was this wonderful cookbook. I picked it up, having nothing better to do, and began to flip through the pages. The more I read, the more intrigued I became. Not only did it have new, unique foods that I had never even could have fathomed could be made so easily; it had interesting stories of the famous Italian culture. As I sat there, reading the short essays, I got the feeling that I had been put into Italy, enjoying food and culture with all of them. I rode the train up the mountain, and I tasted the wonderful taste of great antipastos and such. This book is certainly a must buy for all enthusiastic cookers, for true cooking cannot be found in the recipe; it can only be found in the culture.