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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 641.59457 EAN: 9780060723439 ISBN: 0060723432 Label: William Morrow Cookbooks Manufacturer: William Morrow Cookbooks Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 464 Publication Date: June 01, 2007 Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks Release Date: June 12, 2007 Studio: William Morrow Cookbooks Sales Rank: 526028
Nancy Harmon Jenkins has lived in Italy for fifteen years and describes this wonderful region from Naples to the toe of Italy that is still unspoiled by tourism with its own rich culinary traditions quite different from Tuscany and Northern Italy. In addition to a wealth of recipes, the book gives capsule portraits of local features: a fish market, an olive oil press, a bakery, a shepherd cheese–maker. Headnotes describe local folklore and traditions and what makes the food of Southern Italy a world on its own. Included are recipes for focaccias, pizzas and savory pies; soups and minestre; sauces for pasta; pasta, beans, rice, and other grains; fish and seafood; meat and poultry; vegetables; salads; and desserts.
Amazon.com Review: Most Italian-American cooking derives from southern Italian fare, yet few cookbooks offer the parent cuisine in all its delicious variety. Nancy Harmon Jenkins's Cucna del Sole does so expertly. A collection of 200 approachable recipes from Sicily, Calabria, Bastilicata, Puglia, and Campania, the dishes include the likes of Pasta with Tomato and Toasted Almond Pesto; Swordfish in Lemon Caper Sauce; and Slow-Cooked Lamb with Wild Mushrooms. There's a comprehensive section on breads, pizza, and calzone, and a brief but attractive chapter of desserts, such as ricotta tart, Frozen Coffee Pudding, and, of course, cannoli. Good ingredient notes and traveler's advice are present, too.
In her other books, including The Essential Mediterranean, Jenkins offers not only mouth-watering formulas, but pertinent context; the book is also rich in "backstories" like Sicilian Savory Pies, and Pizza in Napoli. Because Jenkins has a journalist's eye and scholar's curiosity, not to mention a cook's know-how, her book also makes good, informative reading. It's unlikely those interested in her subject will find a better introduction to it--or more authentic yet doable southern-Italian dishes. --Arthur Boehm
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Rating: - Cucina del Sole: A Celebration of Southern Italian Cooking
I received this book as a gift and was mightily impressed by the selection of recipes and accompanying articles. As a book it is very well presented, with some beautiful artful fit to have me salivating ... Read More
Rating: - A Maine view of Southern Italy
Ms Jenkins once again has shown her intimate knowledge of Italy and its food ways. She has chosen less well known regions to provide authentic flavors and foods rather than the over rated and over worked areas ... Read More
Rating: - Appalling.
Having made several recipes out of this book (as apart of a presentation and Q&A session for Jenkins' book) I can honestly say the food is just appallingly bad. Cooked under her supervision, the food was just terrible ... Read More
Rating: - Great Pedigree, Great Book. Buy it Now!
`Cucina del Sole' is by one of the leading authors of Mediterranean cuisine and cooking, with a bit less volume, but scarcely less quality than Paula Wolfert. She has as good an analytical eye as Wolfert, and one which ... Read More
Rating: - Hearty and simple Italian fare
With simple dishes like Fish in a Wine and Lemon Sauce, Lamb Braised in Aged Wine Vinegar (studded with garlic and pancetta), Tiny Meatballs in Chicken Stock, Pugliese Baked Rice with Potatoes and Mussels, and Oven Baked ... Read More
- Cucina del Sole: A Celebration of Southern Italian Cooking
- A Maine view of Southern Italy
- Appalling.