Hazan Family Favorites: Beloved Italian Recipes [Hardcover]

Giuliano Hazan (Author), Marcella Hazan (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2012

As a child in America, Giuliano Hazan’s mother, Marcella, packed him meatballs with potatoes and peas, veal stew with mushrooms, and other homemade dishes for lunch—dishes that in no way resembled the peanut butter sandwiches his classmates enjoyed. And so began his appreciation of great food. Hazan Family Favorites celebrates delicious recipes from the Hazan family, prepared just as Giuliano prepares them for his own family today. Here are 85 recipes for every course in the Italian meal, including Appetizers, Soups, Pastas and Rice, Meats and Seafood, and Sides and Desserts. With recipes from Swiss Chard Tortelloni to Strawberry Gelato to everything in between, Hazan Family Favorites offers an intimate look at this iconic family and their most beloved recipes.

Praise for Hazan Family Favorites:

“A loving tribute to the women who have shaped his life." —Epicurious

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About the Author

Giuliano Hazan is the son of Marcella Hazan and bestselling author of The Classic Pasta Cookbook and Every Night Italian. He runs a cooking school in Verona, Italy, and lives in Florida.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang; 1 edition (May 1, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1584799048
• ISBN-13: 978-1584799047
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 0.9 x 10 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #292,461 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

While some teenagers go to great lengths to be different from their parents, Giuliano Hazan - only son of Marcella Hazan - embraced the idea of following in his mother's footsteps. At the early age of 17, Giuliano began working as assistant at his mother's renowned School of Classic Italian Cooking. He committed himself to mastering the simple, genuine flavors of Italian cuisine. And, now, more than three decades later, Giuliano is an author, teacher, entrepreneur, and one of the foremost authorities on Italian cooking.

"Italian food does not hem and haw; it asserts itself proudly. If it were a painting, it would not be made of varying shades of beige but of the vibrant colors one sees on the houses in so many Italian towns."

--Giuliano Hazan, How to Cook Italian

In 2007 Giuliano received the coveted Cooking Teacher of the Year Award from the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) which "honors an individual who demonstrates and effectively communicates an exceptional knowledge of culinary studies and techniques in a vocational, avocational or traveling teacher capacity."

Although born in the United States, Giuliano spent much of his childhood in Italy, and got his first taste of teaching as a teenager, working at his mother's School of Classic Italian Cooking in Bologna. And, after completing an B.A. degree at Swarthmore College, (Swarthmore, PA) he enrolled in the Trinity Rep Conservatory, a professional theater program in Providence, Rhode Island.

For more than three decades, Giuliano has taught hands-on and demonstration style courses to sold-out crowds at cooking schools in Europe and the United States. From 1995 to 1999, he led a number of multi-day courses at the legendary Hotel Cipriani in Venice (a particularly memorable class was the one he taught with his mother and acclaimed chef Nobu Matsuhisa). And, in the United States, Giuliano's recent cooking school appearances include Sur La Table, Ramekins, and Central Market.

In 2000, Giuliano and his wife, Lael, inaugurated a cooking school of their own, Cooking with Giuliano Hazan. Each spring and fall, the couple - along with partner, Marilisa Allegrini of the famed Allegrini Winery in Valpolicella - offer culinary and travel enthusiasts a true taste of Italy at Villa Giona, a restored Renaissance villa outside Verona.

The week-long courses promise "total immersion in Italian food, wine, and life" and draw professional and amateur chefs from all over the world. After daily excursions, Giuliano leads a five-hour class during which participants prepare a traditional Italian meal. The group then enjoys the meal - and a number of perfectly-paired wines - together, gathered around a large table, in typical Italian fashion.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Recipes, Beautiful Photographs...and entertaining stories. May 24, 2012

By Elizabeth L. Duda

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Hazan Family Favorites has quickly become my favorite cookbook. The photographs are gorgeous, and the descriptions are little narratives that make you feel like you are cooking with a trusted friend. I love that each recipe has a sub-title telling how long the meal will take to prepare from start to finish. From the quick and delicious Spinach and Chickpeas to the more involved Veal Stew with Mushrooms....Giuliano Hazan's clear instructions make you feel creative and in control. The book provides hours of enjoyment....browsing.....dreaming.....and actually cooking. Well done! I like the book so much, I've already purchased three as gifts!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoying Hazan Favorite Recipes May 24, 2012

By Sweet Tooth

Format:Hardcover

I found that the family recipes for vegetables were especially interesting as my family is trying to add more vegetables to our family meals. Most of these were made quickly and had easy to follow directions. I appreciated all of the recipes for grillng as they are quite an interesting way to enjoy some of my favorites like eggplant mushrooms and zucchini.The grilled fruit sounds fantastic. I can't wait to try it.
Giuliano's memories of growing up with his grandmothers and his mother's cooking were just amazing to read. I really liked his lunch stories, I grew up as one of those average kids with peanut butter and jelly and was envious of the kids with those special lunches.
I can almost taste his thermos filled with minestrone soup.
Of course the pasta recipes are so lucsious sounding and will perhaps inspire me to start making my own pasta, he makes it seem so simple to do.
The narratives and photos of him growing up and of his family cooking together now , not only reflected their love of food but their love for eachother! It was like glimpsing into the lives of people we know and like.
The portion about frying was an eye-opener for me. I have always avoided fried foods as I feel bloated and gassy after eating them but his description of fried latkes , veal cutlets and lamb chops
were mouth-watering. He really does have the "frying gene".
I liked Laael's meatloaf recipe it seems to be so much better than mine which comes from the back of a soup box mix.The baby-back ribs must taste sensatioal!
I'm so glad there was no calorie count, I was just able to enjoy reading the book without worry about how many calories there were.
Thank you to t;he Hazan family for wonderful moments of reading.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The Delights of Family Cooking, Italian Style May 27, 2012

By Barbara Kitada

Format:Hardcover

I was at once, and immediately drawn to the beauty of each page as they unfolded only to find in each page, a mouth-watering recipe. I so appreciate the utter simplicity of Giuliano's recipes that make me feel like I am a gourmet cook after I prepare them and better yet, eat them. I also found delightful, his willingness and honesty to bring us into his home and introduce us to his family. I loved looking at those beautiful girls shaking it up, helping and contributing in their wholesome way to the very essence of these family recipes. Hey, if these girls can do it, so can I.

Pizza is on every corner and for the most part, forgettable. However, Giuliano's pizza is absolutely unforgettable with all of its luscious mixture of his amazing sauce and choices of fresh vegetables or meat, whatever is your liking or preference, and like an amazing chef, he is able to delight us with both.

Now for my favorite, which I recognize is not everyone's, brussels sprouts. Thank you Giuliano for giving us a recipe even haters of brussels sprouts I'm sure will enjoy. You give the trick to making them savory and sweet, boil them first, how simple and easy and then to be gratified with such tasty flavors mixed with the pancetta to tease and delight our palette. So all you brussels sprouts lovers and haters this is a must in experiencing gourmet cooking at its best. Vegetables can be a challenge and Giuliano is able to have us loving our vegetables.

This is a cookbook I feel everyone can find enjoyment in, simple, exemplary meals that make us feel like we are gourmet cooks. There is also the added pleasure of his intimate engaging pictures of his family through different generations of outstanding chefs, his boyhood growing up with chefs and then the very special look at his own family and his sharing with his daughters the joys and delight of cooking.

A very happy and satisfied customer,

Barbara Kitada