Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7173 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 512 pages

Elfreda Pownall, Stella Magazine
'Britain's foremost Italian cook produces terrific recipes...Part
autobiography, part cookery book...a book to treasure.'

Saturday Telegraph Magazine
'a fashionable combination of charming anecdotes and stories about
his family that could double as recipes.'

Waterstones Books Quarterly
'a beautiful, evocative book...deserves to become a classic.'

Customer Reviews

An instant classic
I bought this book on a whim whilst on holiday and now find myself reading it from cover to cover. The whole concept is to put the food and the chef in context; the book reads like no other cookery book I have come across. A whole range of ingredients are explained in short essays throughout the book (eg olives, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, parmesan etc). The recipes are split into starters, soups, risotto, fish, meat, pasta and deserts. In amongst the essays and recipes are wonderful photographs and short autobiographical vignettes from Locatelli.

I also have the excellent 'Sliver Spoon', but it is eclipsed by 'Made in Italy'. The former is a huge repository of recipes, listed in exhaustive detail. Locatelli's book on the other hand takes you back to the origins of the food, where it comes from, how it is produced and what to look out for in the market and deli. My wife is currently in food heaven - I find the recipes easy to follow and yes some of the ingredients are a little difficult to get (especially in the West Highlands!) but using your common sense you can easliy find substitutes.

This is without question an instant classic, destined to be a well used kitchen companion for the future. I like one posted idea of having one for the kitchen and one for the coffee table - I would add a third copy for an emergency present. Anyone who enjoys food will appreciate this book immensely. Now I only have to decide which recipe to attempt this weekend...........

A 'must buy'
Inspirational. One of the best cooking books I've bought in a long time. The combination of stories, recipes and product information sets the book apart from others. His passion really comes through in this book so much so that I enrolled on a 'pasta by hand' course soon after buying the book. I'm eagerly working through the recipes, all of which so far have been winners. Buy it now, you won't be disappointed.

The passion for food
This book is great.
Not only the reciepes are very good, not only the paper quality is excellent as well as the photos, it is the narrator who makes this book great.
Giorgio put all his love for italian cuisine on this. This is not just a recipe book, this is a book about Italy and its history, it's a book about food and nutrition, it's a volume with tricks that only italian grandmothers know.
I can only highly reccomend this book: you won't go wrong with it.