Product Description

A favourite of many national TV shows from Richard and Judy, Saturday Kitchen, BBC Breakfast and Jimmy’s Farm, to all of Jamie Oliver’s series, Gennaro Contaldo is an irrepressible and enthusiastic font of Italian culinary knowledge and he is back with his second book.

A celebration of Italian life as much as Italian food, Gennaro’s Italian Year gives us a way into Italian food, lifestyle and culture, and includes recipes for every month of the year, from summer favourites to Christmas essentials. With stories from his childhood to give a flavour of life in Italy and more than 120 delicious recipes, this is the book Jamie should have had when he was filming his latest series and the definitive Italian lifestyle cookbook from the country's favourite Italian chef.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #216275 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

Review

'The most charming of the season's cookbooks... The recipes resemble a more homely version of the River Café's finest'

(Evening Standard )

'This book oozes with the Italian chef's passion and knowledge for the country's festivals, celebrations and traditions - as well as a cracking set of recipes'

(Olive )

'From Jamie Oliver's Italian mentor, a seasonal Italian cookbook that can't fail to inspire with plenty of authentic, regional recipes' (Sainsbury's Magazine )

About the Author
Gennaro Contaldo began to work in the kitchens of local restaurants in Amalfi at the age of eight. In 1969, he moved to Britain where he travelled from the Midlands to Loch Lomond, training in village restaurants and studying the wild food of the area. He then worked as a chef in several London restaurants before opening his own, Passione, in London's Fitzrovia. Gennaro is currently involved with Jamie Oliver in setting up ‘Jamie’s Italian’, a collection of nationwide restaurants. He lives in London with his partner Liz and their gorgeous twins Chloe and Olivia.

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Customer Reviews

Italian Roots!
This is just not your typical recipe book! It is full of interesting stories from Gennaro's life growing up in the south of Italy that I just had to pass it on to my husband who, by the way, has never looked at a recipe book in his life, but I just knew that he would enjoy reading the chapters which went with the recipes. It stirred up so many happy memories of his own early childhood in southern Italy and some of the traditions and recipes we carry on with today in our home.

We have bought a house in the south east of Italy and Gennaro's recipe book will be coming with us when we go to visit that's for sure! Thank you Gennaro for such a fantastic amazing recipe/story book.