Rating: 
Summary: A winner
Review: My husband has many, many Italian cookbooks He tells me that this is the very best one he has ever read!
Rating:
Summary: Warming a Cold Wisconsin Nite
Review: Recently made Lidia's Shrimp Scampi, the first Italian dish I've made besides spagetti and meatballs and it was awesome. My gourmet friends joined my wife and myself in a five star meal that would rate up there with the best my wife and I had in Italy this past fall.You like Italian, you have to try this book!!
Rating:
Summary: Simply the Best!
Review: The Penne alla Vodka recipe is worth the price of this book alone! Absolutely Fabulous! I have tried many other recipes in this book and every one of them is delicious. This is the best Italian cookbook I own!
Rating: 
Summary: Not worth the money
Review: The recipes are bland and troublesome. The basics are terrible. The chicken stock was absolutely boring. I threw the book away when I realized the ragu and meat sauce recipes had no garlic or spices or any kind except bay leaves. I had high hopes and now wish I had saved the cost of the book and bought a decent meal instead.
Rating: 
Summary: Good Italian Cookbook
Review: There are several recipes that I have cooked out of this cookbook, and while they are all good, I tend to like to see a picture of what I am cooking. Other than that, the recipes were easy to follow and the ingredients werent too out of the ordinary.
Rating:
Summary: One of my favorites
Review: These are good, unfussy recipes that reliably recreate the "taste memory" of Italian-American classics. My favorites are poached seafood salad, penne alla vodka and the various scallopine recipes. The book contains excellent illustrations. I especially appreciated the very easy to follow step-by-step instructions for cleaning squid. My only quibble is that Lydia sometimes forgets to say what to do with some ingredients. Lydia, oh what, oh what do I do with the lemon juice that you had me squeeze and reserve for the scallopine piccata?
Rating:
Summary: Reminds me of Nonna's house....
Review: This book has been on my wishlist for a while, and well worth the wait. The recipes are so easily written, even a child may be invited to the kitchen to cook. And I'm sure that my children will be wanting this book for their kitchens too!
My teen years were moored by an Italien family, all noisy and laughing and yelling, but I remember the soups, the pastas and biscottis that were passed around the table with free advice and lectures!! Ah, familia!! Lidia brings me back there with each page.If you're hesitant to buy a cookbook sight unseen, do this for yourself.You'll not be sorry!
The illustrations are beautiful, and Lidia's story-telling inspire and encourage to bring every one to the table. Mangia!!
Rating:
Summary: Deanna Damiano
Review: This book is definative...easy to use...complete...compeling. It makes you want to knoe Lidia and cook with her. A must have for any serious Italian cook.
Rating: 
Summary: Better food than Most Italian Restaurants
Review: This is a great basic cookbook. I have about 15 Italian cookbooks and when I am going to make a dish, I look at two or three recipes and take what I like from each. Inevitably, Lidia's cookbook usually provides the best insight to the dish. There are ingrediants I can usually find at the Italian grocery store.
I could hardly put this book down. [...]
It is an invaluable addition to my cookbook collection. You HAVE to HAVE this book!
Rating:
Summary: Wonderful
Review: This is a great cookbook. The reason, for me, is simple. It has more recipes for Scallopini than any other book I own, and I own a great many. and they are easy!!!
| 
