Letizia Mattiacci has published a beautiful Italian cookbook
Letizia Mattiacci has published a beautiful Italian cookbook. The book is broken down by season, and weights are conveniently given in both volume and metric weight.<br /><br />The book is not only overflowing with recipes but photographs of the beautiful countryside and dishes as well as stories of Italian life including a piece entitled How to Make and Drink Coffee Like an Italian.<br /><br />Letizia starts us off with Food Processor Pasta Dough and includes recipes for Gluten Free Dough and many other pasta variations such as Kamut Flour Cappelletti, Stringozzi and Maltagliati.  Breads and pizza are covered as well. The recipes and instructions (including step-by-step photographs) are wonderful for porchetta.  And the desserts — Salted Almond Praline Gelato, Lemon Profiterole Delights, Limoncello Melon Panna Cotta and Grazia’s Chantilly Cream – all looks tempting.  The book is chock full of delicious Italian creations.<br /><br />I made the Umbrian Style Chicken Alla Cacciatoria from the book and it tastes heavenly - the sauce was incredible. Great instructions, wonderful flavors and not overly complicated.<br /><br />This is a gorgeous book and one I will turn to again and again. Letizia teaches us that Italian food can be light and fresh and very accessible to everyone.
Rating: 5 stars