Southern Italian Desserts: Rediscovering the Sweet Traditions of Calabria, Campania, Basilicata, Puglia, and Sicily Hardcover – October 8, 2013

Not your local PTA cookbook, and that's a great thing

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Rick P.

January 21, 2016

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I love this cookbook. True, as mentioned in some reviews, this is not for beginners or the faint of heart. But the recipes are accessible to someone with reasonable kitchen skills. The desserts are unique and not ones your friends or family are creating. You'll never find these desserts in the local PTA book. Plan on multiple steps and the need to pay attention, but the rewards....

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January 9, 2014

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I eagerly bought this book to expand my baking knowledge of Southern Italian desserts. Yes, I am always on the lookout for the perfect cannoli,sfogliatelle and other somewhat traditional recipes. Not surprisingly,this volume delivers on those , but the greatest surprise was to find a delicious looking,fabulously sounding recipe for Ricotta and Pear Cake. WOW!! I was bowled over by how terrific it was and easy,to boot. Every page in this special book is worth doing,and then some. Grazie Mille,Rosetta!

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November 8, 2013

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Wonderful recipes,clear directions, good illustrations-all the things I value in a cook book! I have already made several of the cookies and was delighted with the results. I look forward to trying some of the others. This will be the book I'll be going to for desserts. The author gives a great deal of background information which makes the book a pleasure to read even if you're not in the mood to bake.

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I have really enjoyed this book

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Kate

August 11, 2017

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I have really enjoyed this book. The recipes come out great. Lots of useful information and it's a good read. I work as a baker at an Italian restaurant and we have used many recipes from this book and reference it to keep our dessert menu traditional Italian.

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Great recipes - but lacking photos.

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Gabriellawashere

February 1, 2016

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It bums me out that there aren't more pictures, a lot of these items (if you don't know what they look like) you have to google. Really cool that the authors are from the bay area (where i'm from) so supporting this book was worthwhile. Will be trying out more recipes from here. Like i said, just wish there were more pictures.

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March 23, 2017

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I have already made the candied citrus peel several times and made the orange olive oil cake which was delicious. Some of the recipes are intricate but I plan on trying them. There is not a photo of Every recipe but it has a ton of nice photos. This cookbook is a keeper.

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February 20, 2018

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wonderful book. love the recipes!!

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Most recent customer reviews

Southern Italian Desserts book is just wonderful. Eat and enjoy!

Published 1 month ago

cdea

Was a gift, but I'm sure she loved it

Delicious!

Published 4 months ago

Desiree Christopher

but I'm sure she loved

Published 5 months ago

Ragnor Wolfe

Excellent Italian recipe book!

thanks great sale

Published 8 months ago

Bernie

Go Italian

chickps

great recipes...remind me of my grandmother's recipes.

Vera Hancock

This was a very appreciated gift. The recipes relate to our family heritage.

Julia Diorio

I've tried several recipes and love them. The recipes are written exactly right.