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Guide Picks - Italian Cookbooks |
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Websites are wonderful, and tremendously versatile, but books have an
atmosphere that monitors simply lack. Here you will find reviews of books I
have liked and think you will too. They are in no particular order, and though
I like them all I don't pretend to rank them, as they cover different fields.
If you have a book you would like me to review for inclusion here, please
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Italian
Wine For Dummies
Mary Ewing-Mulligan and Ed McCarthy do an excellent job of explaining
the Italian wine world.
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Brunello
to Zibibbo
A detailed, very nicely done look at Central and South Italian wines
from Nicolas Belfrage
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Preserving
Our Italian Heritage
A fine compendium of classic Italian American home cooking.
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La
Terra Fortunata
One of the finest books on the cooking of Friuli Venezia Giulia in
any language.
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The
Magic of Fire
A truly stunning book dedicated to hearth cooking, a lost art that
you will want to revive
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Vino
Italiano
An excellent overview of Italian wines that also steps back to look
at the bigger picture from which they come.
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Mediterranean
Street Food
The cuisines of the Mediterranean, and especially those
of the port cities, share many fascinating, tasty similarities.
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Italian
Comfort Food: Intensive Eating From Fresco
Italian dishes
reinterpreted by New York's Al Fresco Restaurant.
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Il
Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene
A nicely done, beautifully
illustrated, complete guide to Prosecco and the Conegliano Valdobbiadene area
that you will find quite useful if you want to know about the wines, and
invaluable if you decide to visit.
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