Customer Reviews

Italian Comfort Food: Intensive Eating from Fresco by Scotto Restaurant

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I was very, very disappointed in this book. The title is misleading in every way. If I had a kitchen staff of 15, these receipes would work. The receipes are time consumming and I did not find one receipe that was comforting. I saw this book advertised on Good Day NY and purchased the book immediately. I thought the biggest downfall was that there were no pictures of the foods. Presentation is very important and this book lacks it. I could of lived without the celebrity name dropping and would have loved pictures of the foods. I might of taken on the challenge of the time consuming receipes had I known seen a picture of it. There was one receipe I would have considered to prepare and then the book mentioned that it was Kathie Lee Gifford's favorite food. That ruined it right there.

I have read the book cover to cover and sampled many of the receipies. The pictures and the stories make you feel like you are part of the family. This book is a great find for people who like to cook, eat and laugh. Its rare you find a cook book that is as entertaining as this one.

After watching the Scotto family on FOOD TV, It was a must to buy the cookbook. The mouth-watering recipes are a delight! We decided to visit the posh FrescobyScotto restaurant after hearing the great reviews. YUMMY! The food was AWESOME! My boyfriend is Italian and usually critiques every Italian restaurant, but Scotto's restaurant by far is one of his favorites.

This is an amazing cook book! I do a lot of cooking, and this is by far one of my favourite books. The recipes do take a while to do - this isn't to make a Monday night meal - and you need to know your way around the kitchen as some of the measurements need to be tweaked. However, every single recipe has turned out beautifully. I do find that the recipes make quite a lot of food, so often I split it up and freeze half. Everyone who has had one of these meals at my place raves. I've bought it for many of my friends as a gift. There aren't pictures for each recipe, which doesn't bother me, but may be important to some of you.

I bought this because I already owned the other cookbook put out by the Scotto family. I was hoping that this one contained some of the recipes I had hoped to find in the first one but, alas, they weren't in this one either. But instead there are plenty of other great recipes to try. And plenty more Italian history to learn by reading through this cookbook.

I TRIED A FEW OFTHE RECIPES AND I FELT LIKE I WAS ON VACATION IN ITALY. THEY WERE AUTHENTIC, EASY TO FOLLOW AND DELICIOUS! I ENJOYED THE PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE BOOK AND THE NON-COOKING STORIES WERE FUN TO READ! THIS BOOK COULD GO ON YOUR COFFEE TAABLE AS WELL AS IN YOUR KITCHEN.

Very good, and I love the pictures they look authentic, especially nice to look at. Some of my Italian grandparents look just like that. There is some especially nice recipes I'm going to try. My family is excited about that. MANGIA, MANGIA, LOTS OF LOVE: CATHY ALEXANDER(NH)