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Celebrations Italian Style: Recipes and Menus for Special Occasions and Seasons of the Year

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When I received "Celebrations, Italian Style", I was so very overwhelmed with fond and wonderful memories of my mother. The explanations of the special holidays/celebrations were exactly as I remembered them as a child growing up. These recipes produce the same mouth-watering aromas that used to fill the whole house. You knew the minute you approached the house that Mama was cooking up something special. Each time I prepare one of these recipes, I feel my mother is right there beside me. When I read this book I am completely absorbed by the foods, the smells and the traditions that I hope to pass on to my own children. I highly recommend this book to anyone wishing to be taken back to recapture their favorite Italian memories. Enjoy!!

Mary Ann Esposito has dotted her collection of Italian-American recipes with stories from her childhood, reminding me of my own family's history. These recipes are practical, requiring easily found ingredients, written in an explanatory style. There are many little "hints" to turning out the dish in fine style, serving suggestions, new ways to incorporate Italian cooking methods into everyday meals. The Torta Nuziale (Wedding Cake) is a masterpiece! Buttermilk, almond oil, hazelnuts, coconut combine to create a dense cake that will become a family favorite. The cream cheese icing is easy and tasty. Sra. Esposito has given us a handbook of Italian-American cooking, spiced with her personal stories. It is a combination that makes for good reading.

The best cookbook ever! My favorite cookbook by far and each recipe in here is delicious, (i've tried just about all of them!). highly reccommend it, and now purchase this book for everyone I know who enjoys Italian food and cooking!

It's probably been 20 years ago or more since I first caught Maryann's Ciao Italia on PBS. Her persona on that show came through as calm, sincere, simple, competent, quietly confident - exactly the type of person I'd want with me on a kitchen hell and back. I enjoy reading the intros to Maryann's recipes, plus there are a few sweet short stories in the book. Seriously, they'd make nice bedtime stories, and the kids could remember that you read to them out of a cookbook - how wacky is that?!. My husband and sons aren't all that interested in food, so I haven't cooked up a storm out of this book, but they enjoy M.'s wedding soup recipe immensely.

I have seen many Ciao Italia shows with Mary Ann and her love of food and easy steps can make anyone an Italian cook. All her books are well written and easy to follow, so enjoy!

I enjoyed the book except that living in a small midwestern town a number of ingredients are not available to me.

I'm not sure how to answer this. I recently made 2 purchases through Amazon. The 1st item was defective and was returned to vendor (Cloud 9 Books). They could not replace but refunded cost. Ordered from anther vendor. Item was del'd. in good condition.
Throughout, Amazon was reponsive and very helpful. Will definitely deal with Amazon in future