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Summary: I Could Be Italian!,
Review: That's according to some for whom I've prepared some of the entries in this book. And considering the ease with which I'm marching through it, they could be right. It's a great introduction to cooking Italian. I'm fairly proficient in other cuisines but have just recently fallen in love with Italian. This book practically takes you by the hand in its easy instruction. The basic dishes that seemed so exotic at various restaurants are easily mastered with this cookbook. If some entries don't pass over my stove, it won't be due to disinterest but to the lack of availability of some of the ingredients where I live. If you are interested in learning to cook some of the Italian classics, this book is a great place to start!
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Summary: WHAT ABOUT RALPHS ITALIAN RESTAURANT IN SO. PHILLY
Review: THIS WAS A NICE BOOK ,BUT YOU REALLY NEED TO READ RALPHS ITAL. RESTAURANT WHICH IS THE OLDEST FAMILY OWNED RESTAURANT IN THE U.S. 100 YEARS 100 RECIPES. THIS I RATE A 5 FOR ITS ENERTAINING OLD WORLD RECIPES AND HISTORY ABOUT THE DISPIGNO FAMILY WHEN THEY CAME FROM ITALY IN 1893.GREAT READING.
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Summary: Every recipe is a winner!!!!!
Review: I have made more than half of the recipes in this wonderful cookbook and every one has been a winner. Growing up in an Italian family with my mother being a great cook, these recipes really hit home. My only hope is that someday I can eat at this famous restaurant and sample the food firsthand.
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Summary: HARLEM AT ITS BEST
Review: This is a great cookbook. A GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFT!!!!!!!
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Summary: The fundamentals of real Italian cooking with flair
Review: If you're looking to learn the basics of exquisite, yet simple Italian cooking, this is a great cookbook. The recipes are fantastic, and are very easy to prepare. Although I found the "celebrity" comments about Rao's quite annoying, you'll memorize most of the recipes fairly quickly and won't have to keep seeing ridiculously trite comments from wannabe socialites and celebrity remora. I realize the book is also a commemoration of the magic of Rao's, but you'll find Rao's is much more magical in your own dining room.
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Summary: A MUST HAVE RED SAUCE!
Review: MAKE YOUR RED SAUCE FOR THE WEEK AND YOU CAN CREATE A LARGE VARIETY OF ITALIAN SPECIALTIES. IF YOU WANT ITALIAN FOOD THIS IS THE CLOSEST THING TO VISITING ITALY! WE HAVE BOUGHT SEVERAL BOOKS FOR GIFTS!
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Summary: Soul Food -- Stellar Recipes to Share with and Amaze Friends
Review: You will probably want to plan on having company when you start trying out these recipes, because you will want all the world to know what a great cook you are.This cookbook has made me look good so many times, I can't imagine living without it. Bless the inspired friend who gave it to me! The ingredients for the minestrone look simple enough, but the combination is rich and satisfying. Linguini with white or pink clam sauce comes out delectably (even cutting back some on the oil). Biscotti and cannolis (complete with shells) were a smash -- dishes I was fearful of attempting before, by the way. It's a cookbook I've come to trust implicitly. I can approach dishes I've never made with confidence that they will turn out successfully. In my experience few other cookbooks (maybe the first Moosewood volume) are so consistent. Maybe the best testimony would be to say that the recipes have roundly impressed even my Italian partner and his family. Buon appetito!
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Summary: extrordinary
Review: Want to cook like an Italian American in an uncomplicated fashion. This is your guide. You're not Italian at all, well you can learn to cook that way easily with this well-written book. These are the recipes that my mom cooked for me when I was growing up. I never did get to have her record them, so this book is a great substition. They are not fancy. Just plain good Italian-American fare. You just want to sit around the table, eat, drink and have a wonderful time. Frank Pellegrino is a tribute to all Italian Americans, keeping our heritage alive and bring back some of the old neighborhood memories. Bet many of you never even heard of East Harlem or Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. Buy it, give it to everyone you know, it is a terrific gift.
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Summary: I use it over and over again.....
Review: As an avid cookbook collector and reader with over 700 cookbooks to date, this is the one book I use the most. My favorites, which I've made over and over again, are the Manicotti, Shrimp Parmagiana, and Rao's Lemon Chicken. The marinara sauce is excellent, although I prefer mine made with wine. The Stuffed Artichoke recipe seemed like it would work, but it didn't. However, I don't expect to find perfection with every recipe from any book. For the Manicotti recipe, I leave out the eggs from the cheese mixture - just personal preference. I recently made 2 trays of it for a friends party, and it went over in a big way. The recipes are not complicated, and you don't have to be a real experienced cook to use this book. I can't recommend it highly enough.
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Summary: AS WEIRD AS THE RESTAURANT ITSELF !
Review: This is only half cookbook. The rest serves to perpetuate the myth of the famous but inaccessable Rao's Restaurant, at a relative cost as high as the astronomical price of a simple plate of pasta with tomato sauce there. It could equally have been entitled "Eating Habits of the Rich and Famous" with more biographies than recipes.
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