05/02/2016
This practical guide to selecting and cooking with high-quality ingredients is an indispensable reference volume for professional and home cooks. Published posthumously, it is the last in a series of books by the Italian-born Marcella (Essentials of Italian Cooking), and her husband, Victor. In this volume, Marcella, an authority on Italian cuisine and winner of the James Beard Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award, steers clear of recipes, instead offering instruction on how to shop for, store, and cook ingredients. Emphasizing seasonality, she says to reveal, rather than add to, flavors inherent in quality produce from artichokes to zucchini. In the straightforward, authoritative tone that drives all of her classic cookbooks, she explains how to assess ingredients by look, weight, color, and smell while at the market. Along with tips about procuring the best produce, pantry items, salumi, olive oil, and cheese, she shares a list of online sources for specialty items from truffles to the traditional Christmas treat of panettone. The simplicity and purity of Marcella’s approach has rightfully earned her the distinction “godmother of Italian cooking” in America. Perhaps best known until now for her classic sauce consisting simply of tomato, onion, and butter, this book links her forever to the value and integrity of ingredients in general. Illus. (July)
Ingredienti: Marcella's Guide to the Market
Narrated by Elizabeth Wiley
Marcella HazanUnabridged — 4 hours, 55 minutes
Ingredienti: Marcella's Guide to the Market
Narrated by Elizabeth Wiley
Marcella HazanUnabridged — 4 hours, 55 minutes
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Overview
Before you know how to cook, you must know how to shop. From Artichokes to Zucchini, Anchovies to Ziti, Ingredienti offers succinct and compelling advice on how to choose vegetables, pasta, olive oil, Parmigiano Reggiano, prosciutto, and all of the key elements of Marcella's classic meals. Organic isn't necessarily best, boxed pasta can be better than fresh. Marcella's authoritative wisdom and surprising tips will change the way you cook.
Editorial Reviews
"This book serves as a warm tribute to Marcella, who had passion and high expectations for sourcing the best ingredients for her soulful cuisine. A timeless reference for any serious home cook.
"Perfect summer reading for the food enthusiast... will have you hearing Hazan in your head every time you select an artichoke or purchase an eggplant."
"A wonderful, practical and deeply poignant book... the perfect retroactive companion to [Marcella's] cookbooks. Ingredienti is also laced with occasional asides from Victor, which come like beautiful footnotes to their long life together."
"A compact trove of sound, personal advice about selecting, storing and using produce, condiments, cheese, cured meat and other marketbasket essentials."
"INGREDIENTI isn’t so much a cookbook as it is a manual, with evocative descriptions, about choosing even commonplace ingredients with care... The small white volume epitomizes Marcella’s lifelong devotion to simplicity.
"Leave it to Marcella to help me see standby ingredients in a whole new light... you'll feel like you're rubbing elbows with her in the kitchen."
"A new little handbook from an old master... you will find bushels of guidance to help make you a better cook... Hazan's words stay in the head. They give steady encouragement to the hand reaching for the glory of the season."
"A simple, modest summary of how to choose, prep, and store a selection of Italian [food]... it got me thinking."
"Marcella Hazan inspired a generation ... This little volume offers a treasury of lifetime observations to serious, inquisitive cooks.
"Much is said about using the very best ingredients to make the very best food, but few can boast having the undisputed queen’s voice in their head when shopping or preparing a dish... Marcella’s blues-singer voice is as clear in this indispensable tome as it was when we shared lunches over the years. Her wit, her supreme and hilarious sarcasm and most of all her complete confidence in choosing the precise and exact best ingredients from the infinite number of things available to the modern cook make this book the perfect handbook to carry shopping everywhere and anywhere."
"Not only is Wiley's Italian accent believable but she also portrays Hazan's vivacious personality." ---AudioFile
"Marcella Hazan inspired a generation ... This little volume offers a treasury of lifetime observations to serious, inquisitive cooks.
"Not only is Wiley's Italian accent believable but she also portrays Hazan's vivacious personality." —AudioFile
Cookbook author Hazan is well known for introducing everyday Italian cooking to America. Her final work is an A-to-Z guide to buying, storing, and using her favorite ingredients—all spiced up with personal stories. The audiobook is beautifully narrated by Elizabeth Wiley, who captures Hazan's culinary passion. Not only is Wiley's Italian accent believable but she also portrays Hazan's vivacious personality. Although the audiobook contains a lot of factual information about such things as which herbs are better dried than fresh, Wiley's performance is consistently dynamic and engaging. Listeners who’d like to incorporate Hazan's tips and techniques into their own kitchens may want to augment the audiobook with a print edition. C.B.L. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940170899395 |
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| Publisher: | Tantor Audio |
| Publication date: | 07/12/2016 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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