Review: This is the real deal
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 24, 2012
When I see a free book with one 5 star review, I'm suspicious. Because I love Italian food, I downloaded the book anyway, and wow, what a surprise! After a discussion about pasta shapes (including links to web sites for more information) and a little section on Italian cheese, there is a "four-day cooking course designed to teach you the basics". The first recipe is an awesome-looking Marinara Sauce. The recipes that follow are Chicken Cacciatore, a Bolognese Sauce, a Fifteen Minute Spaghetti Dinner, Lasagna with Bolognese Sauce, Pasta al Forno, homemade meatballs with variations, Veal Parmigiana, and on and on.I've been cooking from cookbooks for 36 years, so it takes a bit to inspire me, but I am really excited to cook from this book, and because of the quality of the recipes and the accompanying informational writing, I will look for this author again. I can't believe this book was free, but I'm grateful and I'll be happy to pay for the next one. I very highly recommend this book!