Description
Product Description
The experts at America's Test Kitchen and National Geographic bring Italy's magnificent cuisine, culture, and landscapes--and 100 authentic regional recipes--right to your kitchen.
Featuring 100 innovative, kitchen-tested recipes, 300 gorgeous color photographs, and 30 maps, this illustrated guide takes you on a captivating journey through the rich history of Italian cuisine, region by region. Rich excerpts feature the origins of celebrated cheeses, the nuances of different wine growing regions, the best farmer's markets in Venice, and more. Intriguing prose illuminates key ingredients, from olive oil and how it's made to the various pasta shapes of Northern Italy. In every region, the food experts at America's Test Kitchen bring it all home, with foolproof recipes for standout dishes as well as hidden gems: Piedmontese braised beef in lustrous red wine sauce, crispy-custardy chickpea flour
farinata pancakes from Genoa (achieved without the specialty pan and wood-burning oven), and hand-formed rustic
malloreddus pasta of Sardinia that is a breeze to make.
Review
“Effectively arranged by region, the 100 recipes by America’s Test Kitchen and photographs by National Geographic are a love letter to Italy.” –
Philadelphia Enquirer
"This handsome volume is really two books in one: a travel guidebook and a cookbook. Anyone who’s ever been to Italy – or enjoyed a bowl of pasta (isn’t that everyone?) – will sigh with pleasure over this delicious, multicourse “Tasting.” –
USATODAY.com
“This comprehensive cookbook shares 100 recipes and introduces readers to cuisine from all 20 regions of Italy. With clear instructions and rich photography, the book is an excellent starter for any home cook who wants to learn the ins and outs of the Italian kitchen.”
–AFAR
“This is yet another cookbook from America's Test Kitchen, but this time they've teamed up with National Geographic to provide maps and illustrated guides to the varying ingredients, dishes, and cuisines of Italy. The book also provides recipes for signature dishes in each region, as well as secret, off-the-beaten path foods that you can create at home thanks to their expert recipe testing and development.” –
Epicurious
"Along with gorgeous photography, illustrated maps, lists of culinary festivals, and poetic prose, this book is a must for Italophiles." –
Publishers Weekly“A collaboration between National Geographic and America’s Test Kitchen, the book features essays written by Italian food authority Julia Della Croce and food journalist Eugenia Bone, with an introduction by ATK’s Jack Bishop, and includes 30 maps, 100 ATK-tested regional recipes, and 300 photos. Location-specific details—the distinctions between various wine-growing regions, the best farmers’ markets in Venice—lend a strong sense of place.”
–Publishers Weekly“This beautifully illustrated travel cookbook will be enjoyed by all who love Italy and its food.”
–Library Journal
“With over 100 recipes, 300 photographs and 45 maps, it’s the perfect gift for Italophiles. It’s a wonderful coffee table book and top-notch cookbook, but it’s also a travel guide to Italy’s 20 regions, filled with vibrant, full-color photos and explorations of the edible treasures that make each area unique.”
–BookPage “…more meat than a coffee table book, but gorgeous enough for just flipping through on a cold winter’s day and dreaming of the Mediterranean.” –Bryanna Plog
“I was blown away by just how gorgeous this cookbook is. It’s like a trip to Italy in a book with all kinds of photographs and stories.” –I Wish I Lived in a Library
“It's always a good day when I get a gorgeous cookbook to drool over…[but it’s] much more than a cookbook. It's a travelogue celebrating the history of food in Italy through each of its regions and it is a big book and very beautiful.” –Kahakai Kitchen
“Even armchair travelers will be entranced by this beautiful book.” –Bookchickdi
“The first thing I thought