La dolce vita: Enjoy life's sweet pleasures with 170 recipes for biscotti, torte, crostate, gelati, and other Italian desserts [Hardcover]

Michele Scicolone (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: W. Morrow; 1st edition (1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688111491
• ISBN-13: 978-0688111496
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #841,078 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

MICHELE SCICOLONE

Michele Scicolone is an award winning food writer and the author of 17 cookbooks. Her latest book, THE FRENCH SLOW COOKER was published in January 2012. It is a collection of classic French recipes adapted for use in the electric slow cooker (Crock Pot). Dorie Greenspan, author of Around My French Table wrote, "I'd bet that if French cooks could get their hands on Michele Scicolone's FRENCH SLOW COOKER, which is filled with smart, practical and convenient recipes, they'd never let it go."

Michele's previous book THE ITALIAN SLOW COOKER, was published in January 2010 and immediately became a bestseller. She was also one of the editors of the 75th Anniversary edition of the classic, Joy of Cooking, and writes about food, wine, and travel for many publications, including Every Day with Rachael Ray, Prevention, The Washington Post, The Wine Spectator, Gourmet, and Bon Appetit. Previous books include The BLT Cookbook with Chef Laurent Tourondel, The Sopranos Family Cookbook, a #1 New York Times Best Seller that was published in 9 languages and a sequel, Entertaining with the Sopranos, both co-authored with Allen Rucker. She has also written 1000 Italian Recipes, and Pizza--Anyway You Slice It!, co-authored with her husband Charles Scicolone, an Italian wine (and pizza) authority.

Michele's television appearances include Emeril Live, The CBS Morning Show, Good Morning America, and Cooking Live with Sara Moulton, as well as many local television and radio programs She teaches cooking at schools around the country including De Gustibus at Macy's, Sur la Table, and the Institute for Culinary Education and is a consultant to many restaurants. Michele has been a spokesperson for the Italian Trade Commission and Williams Sonoma, and lecturer on Italian culture and cuisine at Hofstra and Henderson State Universities, and The Smithsonian Institute. Michele is also a consultant for several restaurants and food companies.

Together with her husband, Michele hosts culinary tours to Italy several times a year. Visit her website at www.MicheleScicolone.com.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LA Dolce Vita: Enjoy Life's Sweet Pleasures With 170 Recipes, January 21, 2004

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charlene edwards (Halifax, Nova Scotia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: La dolce vita: Enjoy life's sweet pleasures with 170 recipes for biscotti, torte, crostate, gelati, and other Italian desserts (Hardcover)

I have a vast collection of cookbooks and this is one of my all time favorites. The biscotti recipes are amazing and different from the usual ones you find. I lost this book and could not find similar recipes on the internet or anywhere.

If you like biscotti try the Union Square recipe. It is unique and everyone loves it!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Book!, December 11, 2009

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Nik "Nik C." (Brooklyn, N.Y. USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: La dolce vita: Enjoy life's sweet pleasures with 170 recipes for biscotti, torte, crostate, gelati, and other Italian desserts (Hardcover)

Owning this and Nick Malgieri's Italian dessert book, I choose this one as the better. Neither of them have pictures, but because of the ease in content and direction, it makes this a superior book. Recipes are neatly written, unlike Malgieri's. Directions follow the order of the recipe, unlike Malgieri's. And when it come to taste, they're both the same, authentic Italian Desserts. A must have for your collection.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great recipes, August 14, 2011

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Caroline Pivonka - See all my reviews

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This review is from: La dolce vita: Enjoy life's sweet pleasures with 170 recipes for biscotti, torte, crostate, gelati, and other Italian desserts (Hardcover)

This cook book is has very interesting Italian recipes for baking.
Michele Scicolone has several other cookbooks that have very easy
recipes, her torta's are to die for in this cookbook. Great Italian
food.