A Fresh Taste of Italy: 250 Authentic Recipes, Undiscovered Dishes, and New Flavors for Every Day
If you are looking for the recipe for the sublime spiced eggplant you sampled in Naples or the polenta topped with meltingly tender spare ribs you enjoyed in Rome, Michele Scicolone'sA Fresh Taste of Italymay be the place to find it. This book is crammed with recipes you have not seen before, such as Spaghetti with Rubies, a tuna pesto, and Pork Loin Braised with Onions and Grapes. Scicolone collected these recipes during countless trips to Italy over 25 years. In addition, she provides an outstanding guide to ingredients and important advice on how to best duplicate the flavors of Italian food as it tastes in Italy. Steeped in knowledge, Scicolone shares information with the generosity of a natural teacher as she describes all the places where she and her husband have eaten in Italy. There is also good information on Italian wines.