- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Headline; illustrated edition edition (17 Oct 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0755311191
- ISBN-13: 978-0755311194
- Product Dimensions: 25.3 x 19.5 x 1.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
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- #71 in Books > Food & Drink > National & International Cookery > Italian
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Every Jamie Oliver fan will know the name Gennaro Contaldo: Jamie's mentor, guide, inspiration and frequent guest on his television shows. Owner of Passione, a top Italian restaurant in London, his origins are much more humble. Born on the Amalfi coast, he started work in the local restaurants at the tender age of 8 and moved to Britain in 1969, working in restaurants across the country, honing his skills as a master chef. Here he shares not only his restaurant's best-loved dishes but recipes from "home" - childhood favourites and the Italian coastal region's specialities from where he originates. Simple chicken broth, Neapolitan pizza and risotto "terrone" intermingle with the more exotic tagliolini with black truffle, stuffed globe artichokes and guinea fown with pancetta and raisins. Juices run and saliva builds up over Gennaro's mouth-watering descriptions of the origins of these recipes, the familial ties and sumptuous photographs of Jason Lowe. Interspersed with Gennaro's own family photographs, this is a humbling picture of one of London's top restaurant owners and chefs, dispelling the myth of high falutin' prima donnas and explaining a lot of Jamie Oliver's ethos in the kitchen. - Lucy Watson
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Full of colourful and modern recipes that evoke Italian life at its most enticing, PASSIONE is the first cookbook from Gennaro Contaldo - the man who Jamie Oliver calls his 'London Dad'.
Gennaro's passion for fresh, seasonal ingredients and his love of simple food is shared here with the energy for which he is famous. Full of evocative stories from his childhood - free-diving for oysters, foraging for wild mushrooms and bunking off school to go fishing - it becomes clear that his expertise has grown out of a lifetime's passion.
Beautifully illustrated with photographs from his childhood, as well as stunningly modern food photography, PASSIONE reveals the secrets of Gennaro's own basic recipes as well as some of the best-loved dishes from his restaurant - Fillet of Seabream with Honey and Vinegar, Lamb Cutlets with Mixed Herbs and Prosciutto, and Limoncello and Strawberry Ice Cream - and lets Gennaro share his inspirational interpretation of how to cook and eat Italian food.
Gennaro's passion for fresh, seasonal ingredients and his love of simple food is shared here with the energy for which he is famous. Full of evocative stories from his childhood - free-diving for oysters, foraging for wild mushrooms and bunking off school to go fishing - it becomes clear that his expertise has grown out of a lifetime's passion.
Beautifully illustrated with photographs from his childhood, as well as stunningly modern food photography, PASSIONE reveals the secrets of Gennaro's own basic recipes as well as some of the best-loved dishes from his restaurant - Fillet of Seabream with Honey and Vinegar, Lamb Cutlets with Mixed Herbs and Prosciutto, and Limoncello and Strawberry Ice Cream - and lets Gennaro share his inspirational interpretation of how to cook and eat Italian food.
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74 of 75 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
How many times have you read a cook book review and seen those words "The next best thing to eating at the restaurant"? Well, this book is one that for which I don't mind repeating that phrase. Gennaro Contaldo gives you a better idea than anyone or anything what Italian cooking is all about. His writing is lively, enthustiastic and conveyed in a manner which almost makes you feel he's right behind you helping you cook a dish. Like most top chefs these days, he emphasises the importance of seasonal fresh produce. But it's also very refreshing to read that even he will use things like good quality powdered stock now and again when he doesn't have time for the real thing.
Buy this book .. the recipes are simple, healthy and perfect. Having this man as his mentor, it's no wonder Jamie Oliver has been so successful.
29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I am Italian and grew up in Sorrento, very close to Amalfi. For the first time I found in 'Passione' all the delicious recepies of my childhood, without changes and personal adaptations and they are easy! This book is a must for everybody who really wants to know how Southern Italian food ought to taste.
30 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I have many books on Italian cooking, but this is my favourite. A few carefully selected recipes - some simple, some complex - represent the distillation of Contaldo's experience. Many feature methods, techniques and combinations of ingredients that you've probably never used before. Some of the methods are transferable, so that once you've mastered his recipes for, say, sea bream or sea bass, you can use the methods for cooking other fish. This book gives you a lifetime's devotion to fine ingredients lovingly combined and prepared.
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nice book, could have more content though
This is a beautiful book in many ways: nice original recipes, attractive pictures and layout and amusing anecdotes. Read more
Published 6 months ago by DaveB
Review with Passione
Just make the ice-cream or his risotto and you will know why this man is a God amongst Italian chefs. Passionate about quality, tasty food, yet accessible to all. Read more
Published 8 months ago by PetraParker
A wonderful range of recipes
I have had this book for ages , the pages are splattered with all the delicious things that I use to cook the recipes. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Mrs. T. SALMON
Terrific collection of recipes
This is a really lovely book, filled with marvellous recipes. One of the problems with many Italian cookery books is that they go over old ground. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Marand
Yet another gem.
Gennaro shows his passion for food in this book. The recipes look, and having created some of his dishes, are delicious as well. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mental Food
Nice food!
Great recipes, easy to follow and perfect for impressing at a dinner party - all contestants of 'come dine with me' should get it!!
Published 22 months ago by S. slater
Gennaro Contaldo, Passione the cookbook
Not only is this a very well set out cookbook but it is also His life story in cooking terms, I can only give four out of five at the moment because I haven't tried many of the... Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2010 by Michael Frow
good quality recipies
excellent reciepes, some a lot different from what your usual italian food books dish out
Published on 5 Jan 2010 by lapat"republic of mancunia"
A passion for Passione
I've used this book since it was first published and have bought it over and over again as a gift. Just the other day I sat opposite a man reading a copy whilst on a train journey... Read more
Published on 18 May 2009 by G. Rhys
For lovers of Italian food
If you love Italy and Italian food, this is the book for you. Lovely descriptions of an outdoor childhood spent by the Amalfi coast, and fantastic recipes which work.
Published on 13 April 2009 by Mrs. M. E. Galbinski
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