Product Description

The first major book on the cooking of Southern Italy, this book explores the regions of Sicily, Calabria, Basilicata, Puglia, and Campania. Nancy Harmon Jenkins has lived in Italy for fifteen years and describes this wonderful region from Naples to the toe of Italy that is still unspoiled by tourism with its own rich culinary traditions quite different from Tuscany and Northern Italy. In addition to a wealth of recipes, the book gives capsule portraits of local features: a fish market, an olive oil press, a bakery, and a shepherd cheese-maker. Headnotes describe local folklore and traditions and what makes the food of Southern Italy a world on its own. Included are recipes for focaccias, pizzas and savory pies; soups and minestre; sauces for pasta; pasta, beans, rice, and other grains; fish and seafood; meat and poultry; vegetables; salads; and desserts.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #772574 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 464 pages

About the Author
Nancy Harmon Jenkins is a frequent contributor to numerous newspapers and magazines including the New York Times and Food and Wine. She divides her time between Cortona, Italy, and the coast of Maine.

Customer Reviews

Cucina del Sole: A Celebration of Southern Italian Cooking

I received this book as a gift and was mightily impressed by the selection of recipes and accompanying articles. As a book it is very well presented, with some beautiful artful fit to have me salivating after just a few pages, and some fine graphology making everything easy on the eyes.

The recipes are of course Italian, but greatly varied with dishes using rice, pasta and almost every vegetable imaginable. In fact, despite being a big fan of meat in almost all of its forms (bar seafood - urgh!), I actually found that the tastiest dishes here were fit for vegans or vegetarians.

A great selection, wonderfully presented - well worth the purchase.