The Romagnolis' Table: Italian Family Recipes

I dropped my well worn 1979 copy of 'The Romagnolis' Table' tonight and it split in half. Horrors! I still need this book. It is beyond a doubt a wonderful introduction to Italian cooking. I learned to cook with this book [and a little Julia Child tossed in] and after all these years, I'm still using it. The directions are clear and simple, the ingredients obtainable, the results magnificent. My favorites? Their Sugo alla Bolognese is not only the best pasta sauce I've ever made, it's the best I've ever eaten. The Polpette di Manzo [Beef Meatballs] are a guaranteed success, and their Spinach Ricotta Tart is light, filling, inexpensive, and tastes great. What more can one ask? If you can lay hands on a copy of this classic, don't hesitate.

Simply put, I think this is the finest Italian cookbook out there. My favorite from the old PBS show is the "zucchinni dish" -- stuffed zucchinni, rippiene patties, and fettuchine alfredo. Franco and Margaret's recipes remind me of eating around my grandparent's kitchen table filled with love, olive oil, and good food.

This is a classic book of basic Italian home cooking. Everything from sauces to making pasta to meatballs (the best I've ever had.) You can't go wrong with any of the Ramagnoli's cookbooks, and this is their finest.

This is the best Italian cookbook we have ever used.Usually, I consider a cook book a good buy if I can find one or two "favorite" type recipes in it. Hey, this one must have ten or twelve and we are still counting. the recipes are very basic, authentic and simple. Wonderful pasta sauces. A "green chicken cacciatora" done with rosemarie instead of tomatoes. We just bought a second copy today. Ours is just about worn out and the pages with the now "favorite recipies" are food, wine and sauce stained. This book is more basic and easier than several of the later books which are a bit fancier and don't contain the wide range of recipies this one does.We are going to Boston in June. Our hope is to return to their resturant there for dinner. I hope it is still open. These folks have to be getting old.All I can say is, if you don't already have this one, buy it while you can.