Trattoria Cooking

I won't lie to you. I don't cook very much but I picked this book up at a yard sale and I donated it to my school library for our culinary shop students. It's very informative and detailed in explaining the process of cooking. I recommend it to anybody who loves Italian cooking.

"Trattoria Cooking" inspires and delights. The recipes are accompanied by stories of their origins, alternative serving suggestions, wines hints...all in all, an approach to the cooking experience that let's the reader feel comfortable. Great flavors abound inside the cover. A small word of caution needs to be offered. Beware those of you who are calorie conscious. This book is not moderate in its results. Your grandmother's grandmother would be proud of these recipes. You will want to eat more of this wonderful stuff.

We returned home from vacation in Rome with tons of memories and lots of recipes, all except the one I really wanted: the one dish that was our favorite, the one I laughed at the first time I saw it on the menu. "Do they really want someone to order pasta with lettuce?" Back in New York City, I haunted book shops and the Library for an American "translation" of PENNE AL RADICCHIO E PANCETTA. A friend found it for us in "Trattoria Cooking" and gave us the book as a gift.I cannot tell you how many times this easy-to-use, non-intimidating volume has saved dinner. The book is loaded with simple, authentic, family-style recipes. Every single one I've tried has turned out perfectly the first time, including the penne which is still one of my favorites. Caggiano does not drown her collection with overripe prose. Instead, she explains in one or two paragraphs why she has chosen the recipe and the region and specific trattoria it comes from. She also suggests the best wine to go with dinner. No glossy magazine photos either. Just good food. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

el libro esta muy padre pero las ilustraciones de comida se ven padres pero un poco raras ,támbien la portad se ve rara pero me encanto el libro de biba caggiano.

Some of Caggiano's recipes took me straight back to my Neapolitan Grandmothers kitchen. She reminded me that often it's not what you put in a recipe, but sometimes, what you don't put in, that makes all the difference in the world. Great recipes to cook and eat from a place where love food and wine seem to belong together