Biba's Northern Italian Cooking: A Cookbook

Biba's Northern Italian Cooking: A Cookbook

by Biba Caggiano
Biba's Northern Italian Cooking: A Cookbook

Biba's Northern Italian Cooking: A Cookbook

by Biba Caggiano

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Overview

Even if your mama wasn't born in Italy, you know how authentic Italian food is supposed to taste -- fresh, flavorful, rich and bursting with that special ingredient: love.

Italian-born Biba Caggiano takes you under her wing with over 200 recipes from Northern Italy in Biba's Northern Italian Cooking. Simple-to-master recipes will have you making tortellini from scratch, authentic pasta sauces, savory meat dishes and luscious desserts in no time. Soon you'll be cooking as if you had grown up in a Northern Italian home. Your kitchen will be filled with the aromas of homemade Minestrone, Tagliatelle Bolognese Style, Shellfish Risotto, Bruschetta with Fresh Tomatoes and Basil and Roasted Leg of Lamb with Garlic and Rosemary, just as if you had learned to make them all at the side of a real Italian mama.

Everything from simple dishes for a family meal to more elaborate recipes for special occasions are here in this new edition of a classic that has sold more than 400,000 copies.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781440623912
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 01/08/2002
Sold by: Penguin Group
Format: eBook
Pages: 256
Sales rank: 843,107
File size: 2 MB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Biba Caggiano was born in Bologna, Italy's gastronomical capital, where she grew up cooking the food of her native Emilia-Romagna region. Today, she is the chef-owner of the nationally acclaimed Biba restaurant in Sacramento, California, and host of her own internationally syndicated cooking show, "Biba's Italian Kitchen" on The Learning Channel. She is the award-winning author of six bestselling books

Table of Contents

Fabulous Foods of Northern Italy1
Some Basic Ingredients3
Appetizers6
Soups20
Pasta36
Gnocchi, Polenta and Risotto75
Fish and Shellfish101
Game and Poultry113
Lamb, Pork and Variety Meats128
Veal and Beef146
Vegetables169
Salads188
Eggs and Sauces197
Desserts209
Seasonal Menus239
Metric Conversion Charts243
English Index244
Italian Index250
About the Author252
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