From Aunt Tina's Kitchen With Love

by Tina Armato

Overview

News Flash: Cooking is not rocket science! I enjoy cooking, so I do it often enough that I’ve picked up a few pointers along the way. Also, after more than 30 years of marriage, I’ve had the time to weed out some “clunker” recipes and concentrate on those that are healthy, easy to make and delicious. This book is the result of 33 years of collecting, compiling, and creating what I consider to be the best recipes for a wide variety of foods, encompassing not only traditional Italian cuisine, but also German, Thai, Chinese, Greek, Jewish and several more. All you’ll need to prepare these recipes is some basic kitchen equipment, the fortitude to soldier on after the occasional spectacular flop, and, of course, food testers…those people daring enough to taste your latest attempt and loving enough to forget your failures. Happy cooking!

Product Details

BN ID:	2940032957843
Publisher:	Tina Armato
Publication date:	12/11/2011
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Born in Brooklyn, New York and raised by Italian-American parents in a close-knit Italian and Jewish neighborhood, I grew to appreciate good food early on. And even though my Mom had no real passion for cooking, she dutifully cooked for her family every day, making mostly traditional recipes handed down from her mother. When I was old enough to assist in the kitchen, my main duty was applying breading to chicken cutlets, veal cutlets, pork chops, etc. Boring! But then I ventured into from-a-mix brownies, which were less than a smashing success. Still, I persevered, and eventually mastered a friend's recipe for a sour cream and cream cheese cheesecake that was an instant hit. It became the traditional birthday cake for our family and remains so to this day! Once married, I started serious cooking, sometimes making the traditional foods I grew up with, sometimes trying to recreate the lost traditional (Sicilian) recipes of my husband's family, and sometimes collecting recipes from books, newspapers and magazines (the internet hadn't been invented yet). The cookbooks I own are filled with pencil notations such as “keeper…make with these changes” and “awful…don't make again!” so I could keep track of the worthwhile recipes. These days I search for ideas on the internet, and collect recipes that sound interesting. Then I take what I consider to be the best parts of these recipes, swap out unhealthy ingredients, and massage them into reworked recipes which I then follow. This book is the end result. Enjoy!