The Italian Family Kitchen: Authentic Recipes That Celebrate Homestyle Italian Cooking

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Master the art of Italian cuisine with Buonissimo!


You haven't tasted true Italian food until you've visited a small town in Italy. Their secrets are better kept than we realize, and for good reason: the food is incredible. However, traveling takes a lot of time and money. Instead use this cookbook as a portal to an authentic Italian home right in your kitchen.
Set yourself up with good company for a feast consisting of multiple courses. In Buonissimo!, authors Eva Santaguida and Harper Alexander act as your own Italian grandmother to teach you their favorites the traditional way. Like a true evening of cooking and eating, learn the language behind this treasure trove of authentic Italian dishes and the culinary approaches that birthed them. Discover recipes for fritti, primi, secondi, contorni, and dolci. In English that's fried appetizers and street food; bread, pizza, and pasta; vegetarian and side dishes; desserts and more!
Learn all the tips and tricks to become a true Italian chef from the Boot. Find the answers to culinary questions like:
What Ingredients to Look For and Where to Find Them
What Equipment We Can't Live Without
How to Properly Cook Pasta
How to Make a Simple Tomato Sauce
And more!
Recipes include:
Frittelle di Zucchine - Fried Zucchini Fritters
Ciabatta Bread
Pizza Dough
Ragu alla Bolognese - Minced Meat Ragu
Cacio e Pepe
Ravioli Ricotta e Spinaci - Spinach and Ricotta Ravioli in Butter and Sage Sauce
Risotto all Zucca - Asparagus Risotto
Polpette - Meatballs in Tomato Sauce
Caponata di Melanzane - Sicilian Sweet and Sour Eggplant Ratatouille
Tiramisu
Cannoli
and so much more!
Spice up your favorite classics and discover new dishes that'll become family favorites for years to come. Buonissimo! is designed to make your kitchen burst with life with the most delicious and desirable meals shared the Italian way.

Author Bio

Evelina (Eva) Santaguida was born and raised in Calabria, Italy. She learned how to cook in the best environment possible: a small Italian village where no restaurant survives because everyone's Nonna is the best chef in town! Cooking remained her passion as she started her own Italian Language School in Umbria before meeting and marrying her American husband, Harper Alexander, and moving to the United States with him.

Harper Alexander worked as a cinematographer in Hollywood before meeting Eva. She immediately started sharing the food of her country with him, and he was shocked at just how different (and better!) it was from the "Italian" food he thought he knew. A passion for food runs in his family. Besides himself being a master of North Carolina-style barbecue, his father, Max Alexander, who lives in Rome, was a contestant on MasterChef Italia and has been dubbed "the most famous American in Italy" by Italian newspapers.