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Cooking with Nonna: The Holiday Cookbook by Rossella Rago
A Collection of over 100 Holiday Recipes from Italian Grandmothers

Some of the recipes used for the main holidays of the year are listed along with a few of those for some of the Saints’ Days and other celebrations. I was interested in seeing new-to-me recipes that tantalized my taste buds and had me wanting to try them out in the future. I have seen raisins in savory dishes in some other countries’ cuisines but had not thought of adding them to Italian dishes. I was curious about the double crusted savory pies and would like to try a few in the future. Add in comments and reminiscences from a variety of Nonnas, tips with some of the recipes and interesting photos and you have a delightful book to read and refer to during the holidays or any time of the year. I do not have Italian blood BUT would love to try some of the recipes in this book and serve them to my friends at some point in the near future.

Looking through the index I realized that if I were to want to find say a list of salads or a specific vegetable and all of the recipes it would be found in it would be difficult to do so. The index lists the recipes by name but not by ingredient. Another interesting aside is that there are not as many fresh vegetable dishes (salads) as there are cooked, layered, baked or fried ones. There are many bread and sweet recipes and perhaps that has to do with the topic of holidays more than anything else. I am interested in what the first book out by this author might have and may see if I can find it in the future.

Did I enjoy this book? Yes
Would I try any of the recipes in this book? I believe I would
Which recipes intrigued me most? Perhaps the double crust savory pies

Thank you to Quarto Publishing Group-Race Point Publishing for the ARC – This is my honest review.

4 Stars
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CathyGeha | outras 2 resenhas | Oct 8, 2018 |
This is a beautiful book. If there is one thing I love in a cookbook it’s lots of photos and Cooking with Nonna delivers. These are not fancy recipes as I am sure you can figure out by the title. These are family recipes, the type of food you get when you go for dinner at well, grandma’s house.

The book is broken down into the classic divisions; appetizers, soups and salads, pasta, main dishes, meats, desserts, etc. There are over 100 recipes and they represent all traditions of Italian cooking. The recipes are easy to follow and as far as I could tell there are no complicated techniques or crazy ingredients needed to present these foods to your family.

Each recipe starts with a story of its origin which makes it much more personal. I always enjoy when there is a tale behind something I am cooking. This is a happy cookbook.
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BooksCooksLooks | outras 2 resenhas | Mar 16, 2018 |
In the spring of 2017, I had the distinct pleasure to be able to visit one of my former exchange students at her home in Italy. While Giulia stayed with us in the U.S., she enthralled us with tales of her "Nonna's" (grandmother) cooking (and wisdom), and made us many delicious dishes that Nonna had taught her. It was wonderful, but meeting Nonna was even better! My goodness, for someone in her nineties, that lady could cook! Meal after meal, course after course, for Giulia, her family, her aunts and uncles and their families, and us! I have never had so many great meals!
So, when NetGalley offered me a chance to read and review this book, I jumped at the opportunity. The author had her own Nonna. In fact, she jokes that she attended "Nonna's Brooklyn Basement Culinary Academy". That developed into her idea to start a cooking show, "Cooking With Nonna". She based the show on her grandmother's recipes. And that led to this book, a collection of 110 recipes from many Italian "Nonna's".
And what a collection! There are a lifetime of great recipes to try.
Rago breaks the book down into sections. Appetizers, Soups and Salads, Vegetables and Sides, Pasta (OF COURSE) and First Courses, Second Courses, Pizzas Breads and Savory Bakes, Desserts, and Cookies.
So many delicious ideas! My wife and I have tried several already, and quite successfully. It gives us great pleasure to cook together. Hopefully, this book will tide us over for the next couple of years, to a time when my wife retires also, and we make the move to Italy. I can only hope that we will find our own "Nonna" there!
A great book. Kudo's to the author for preserving these recipes, before they are lost to time!
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1Randal | outras 2 resenhas | Jan 31, 2018 |

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