The Food of North Italy: Authentic Recipes from Piedmont, Lombardy, and Valle D'Aosta (Periplus World Cookbooks) [Hardcover]

Luca Invernizzi Tettoni (Photographer)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 120 pages
• Publisher: Periplus Editions (December 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9625935053
• ISBN-13: 978-9625935058
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,703,702 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Ordinary book, July 22, 2011

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D B Crisp "cd singles collector" (Aus) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Food of North Italy: Authentic Recipes from Piedmont, Lombardy, and Valle D'Aosta (Periplus World Cookbooks) (Hardcover)

I got this book so that I had the whole 'the food of series' now I am culling it and this one is one that has to go.

Some of the recipes are quite nice, mainly traditional recipes such as Risotto alla Milanese, Pepperonata, Bagna Cauda turn out well. The rest of the recipes are pretty bad, things I would not even consider trying because they either sound bad or are a waste of ingrediants.

Some of these include the Frogs Leg Ravioli, Horse Steak or Mixed Organ Meats. There is even a recipe for English Triffle in a north italy book? Another gripe were the contrived photos, instead of a nice risotto they present what looks like hardened spoonfuls of rice lumped in the center of the plate, or their Vitello Tonatto where in the recipe the sauce poured over, but in the picutre it looks thickened so it can be whipped and piped out in a swirl on top of the tuna. Awful presentation not representative at all of the final product.

Overall there are better books out there for the traditional recipes (like the Silver Spoon, Culinaria Italy) making this book redunant. 2 stars for a few nice tasting recipes.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not what we expected., December 12, 2007

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My husband bought this book and he is a Sous Chef at a Northern Italian Restaurant. As soon as we got it, we wanted to give it away. There are much better books out there.