Alfredo Viazzi's Cucina e nostalgia.
Subtitle: A Gastronomical Memoir by the Master Italian Chef with More than 130 Recipes
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 1983
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
Subjects: Cookery, Italian
Other titles: Cucina e nostalgia.
First sentence: People often ask me: Where did you learn to cook, what attracted you to food in the first place, what eminent culinary school have you attended?
Description: This is a memoir of the early life of Italian chef Alfredo Viazzi.  This book recounts incidents from his childhood and early adulthood in fascist Italy and includes menus and recipes associated with each memory.  The second half of the book has recipes for basics like stocks, sauces, and home pasta; descriptions of ingredients and wines; as well as a list of favorite restaurants from the late 1970's.  Mr. Viazzi became a well known chef and restaurateur in New York City.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: label: 1
title: Nostalgia Menus and Recipes
pagenum: 1; title: Introduction
pagenum: 3; title: The Race
pagenum: 5; title: The Sign on Our Door
pagenum: 9; title: The Fig Tree
pagenum: 17; title: Borgo San Frediano
pagenum: 27; title: Dining at My Sister's Suitor's
pagenum: 64; title: Monsignor Stefano Betti's Typewriter
pagenum: 83; title: Donna Concetta
pagenum: 91; title: Villa Sorriso
pagenum: 100; title: Porto Ercole
pagenum: 112; title: A Chef
pagenum: 152; title: A Midnight Wartime Dinner
pagenum: 202; label: 2
title: Stocks, Sauces, and Salad Dressings
pagenum: 205; label: 3
title: Pasta Making
pagenum: 221; label: 4
title: At the Marketplace
pagenum: 243; label: 5
title: Wine List
pagenum: 283; label: 6
title: My Favorite Eating Places in Europe, Morocco, New York, and California
pagenum: 293; label: 7
title: Index
pagenum: 323