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This kitchen-friendly cookbook contains more than 100 recipes from the two TV veterans. You ll remember why you love these greedy Italians. --- Restaurant, March 1 2011
The Italian Masters --- Sainsburys Magazine, May 1 2011
Whether you re a longtime lover of creating your own Italian food or new to crafting the cuisine, this will be a welcome addition to your cookbook collection. --- BBC Good Food, April 1 2011
The Italian Masters --- Sainsburys Magazine, May 1 2011
Whether you re a longtime lover of creating your own Italian food or new to crafting the cuisine, this will be a welcome addition to your cookbook collection. --- BBC Good Food, April 1 2011
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Over 30 years ago Antonio Carluccio and Gennaro Contaldo separately left their native Italy for Britain where, in time, they met, worked together and established themselves as leading authorities on Italian cooking. In this compelling book - written to accompany the primetime BBC series - the two old friends have embarked upon an amazing journey back to their homeland to reconnect with their culinary heritage, explore past and current traditions and reveal the very soul of Italian gastronomy. Containing over 100 mouthwatering recipes, this extraordinary book goes beyond the cliches to reveal real Italian food, as cooked by real Italians. It includes an intriguing combination of classic dishes and ingredients as well as others showcasing the changes in style and influences that have become a part of the Italy of today. Reflecting the insights of both men into Italy then and now, Carluccio and Contaldo's return captures the essence of its authors - their humour, their wisdom, their curiosity and, most significantly, their shared passion for good simple food. It is an essential book for anyone with a genuine interest in Italian food.
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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
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Honest, Authentic Italian Food,
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This review is from: Two Greedy Italians (Hardcover)
I loved this book. It's written in a really down to earth way, with no pretentious language or complicated cooking techniques. I also love how Antonio and Gennaro share some of the foods they enjoyed as children - some of these are very simple while others are more extravagant. Recipes are accompanied by brilliant, evocative photography of the food itself and also of Gennaro and Antonio while on their travels. There are also sections of the book where they talk about religion, the family and street food for example, which puts all the recipes into context. If you love real, authentic and traditional Italian food, you will love this book.
36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
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Dolce Italia!,
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The book jacket cover truly reveals the warm friendship between Carluccio and Contaldo, two worldwide famous Italian chefs, who have been cooking up a storm in the UK for the last 30 years since leaving Italy separately and eventually meeting and working together in Britain.The book contains 208 pages and over 100 recipes, most of them with colour pictures. I love the naturalistic and homely feel of the photography and the simple but striking recipes. In this book the two chefs showcase the genuine regional Italian cuisine and reflect on Italy of the past and the present. Rediscovering their native country and reminiscing on their friendship. The recipes are easy to follow and the ingredients used are widely available in the shops. The book is divided in six parts: Antipasti (Starters), Primi (First Courses), Secondi (Main Courses), Contorni (Vegetables), Frutta E Dolci (Fruit and Deserts), Merende (Snacks). Today I cooked a fabulous lunch for a friend using eight recipes from the book. Everything was perfect! All recipes worked out really well from execution to seasoning to presentation. This book really shows that less is more. The TV series that accompany the book 'Two Greedy Italians' will be shown on BBC 2 at 8pm from Wednesday the 4th May.
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
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I want to go to Naples tomorrow!,
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This review is from: Two Greedy Italians (Hardcover)
This is a book to accompany the BBC series of the same name, which I've never seen. However, how can anyone resist an Italian cookbook with a perfectly baked Neapolitan margherita pizza on the back cover?? Two giants of the Italian cooking scene in the UK take readers on a feeding frenzy around Italy. The recipes which cover north of Florence and Southern Italy, mostly Naples, have surprisingly little overlap with the other Italian cookbooks I've recently purchased (Jamie's Italy, River Cafe Classic Italian, Eat Ate). The book contains lots of notes on socio-cultural aspects of Italy and its food and dining culture. Like The River Cafe Classic Italian Cook Book, this book has a very 'home cooked' feel to it, which I like a lot. This doesn't have the range of recipes that the River Cafe book has, but it has an excellent and numerous selection. This would be the perfect book for someone leaving on a first time trip to Italy, or someone who has just returned and wants to keep the memory alive. Alas, the photography by Christopher Terry is wonderful!
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