Amazon.com: Knack Italian Cooking: A Step-by-Step Guide to Authentic Dishes Made Easy (Knack: Make It easy) (9781599217789): Maria Grazia Stranieri, Dana Devine O'Malley: Books
Publication Date: January 26, 2010 | Series: Knack: Make It easy
Hearty soups, tender meats packed with the best spices, and thick sauces paired with pastas and raviolis. Risotto, gnocchi, polenta. Knack: Italian Cooking teaches you how to make your favorite Italian dishes. 100 step-by-step main recipes and more than 250 variations. Never thought you could create the incredible dishes of your favorite Italian restaurant? Well, now you can with Knack: Italian Cooking.
If you’ve never thought you could re-create the incredible dishes of your favorite Italian restaurant at home, now it’s time to think again! With Knack Italian Cooking, you can do so with panache and without having to enroll in cooking school first. With recipes, variations, and color photos throughout, this book guides you through all the main food categoriesfrom antipasti, soups, salads, and breads to pizza, pastas, risottos, beef, poultry, pork, seafood, vegetables, sauces, and desserts. Before you know it, you’ll be saying Mamma mia!” at your own dinner table, for the best of reasons.
About the Author
Maria Grazia Stranieri, who was born in Italy, is a graduate of the Connecticut Culinary Institute and went on to become a hospitality consultant. She also founded the Spesa Restaurant in Bristol, Connecticut, as a new concept for Italian takeout. She has taught Italian culinary courses for years; today she is also a personal chef. Visit the author at chefmaria.com.
Dana Devine O’Malley is a freelance photographer and photo editor. Visit her at danadevineomalley.com.