From Biba's Italian Kitchen

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Summary: The Greatest Chef in the U.S.A.
Review: Biba Caggiano has written 6 books and hosted a GREAT show on the Learning Channel..Her food is simple but done in such an effortless way that the recipies are always perfect..I have never cooked from a book that recipe after recipe is consistantly perfect! Bravo to Biba...The P.B.S. stations should have her as a Chef if they knew what was good for them..She puts the other Italian Chefs way behind..She is truly a GENIUS!

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Summary: It is simply great!
Review: Biba really does her work by making easy the hearty, fullfilling Italian food. It is simply great for beginers and makes a great gift!

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Summary: Biba is Wonderful!
Review: Even though I live in the country...I am Italian born and I miss the wonderful, simple cooking of my homeland. Most ingredients are close at hand.(even in Alabama!) But with the guidance of Biba, Italy is just a page away. I was sent tapes of her show on a regular basis and I have every one of her books. Her cookbooks are a tool that every Italian cook should have nearby.It is a shame that TLC stopped airing cooking shows because she was so good at teaching. I dream of the day that I can go to California to meet her and sit at her restaurant. Biba if you can hear me, you are loved all over the world.

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Summary: Biba is Wonderful!
Review: Even though I live in the country...I am Italian born and I miss the wonderful, simple cooking of my homeland. Most ingredients are close at hand.(even in Alabama!) But with the guidance of Biba, Italy is just a page away. I was sent tapes of her show on a regular basis and I have every one of her books. Her cookbooks are a tool that every Italian cook should have nearby.It is a shame that TLC stopped airing cooking shows because she was so good at teaching. I dream of the day that I can go to California to meet her and sit at her restaurant. Biba if you can hear me, you are loved all over the world.

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Summary: Excellent!
Review: Fantastic recipe book! It has become my bible for italian cooking. Many recipes have become staples in my daily cooking. I also remember dining in her restaurant as one of my favorite all-time meals.

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Summary: Fabulous Recipes!
Review: I love this book. Biba's recipes are easy to follow and turn out beautifully. The Shells with shrimp and artichoke hearts is fantastic. Biba's cookbooks are the only Italian cookbooks I use regularly anymore.

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Summary: True Italian Cooking - but lacking
Review: I think that she has a lot of useful tips in this book. For instance, there are a lot of HARD ways of doing things that she manages to eliminate. Her gnocchi recipes are strikingly similar to that of my family's (actually from Italy). However, I would like to see a little something different. Perhaps more vegetables. And definitely more substance in the dessert section. There is so much more she could have done in there without going overbaord or worse, skipping right past things the way she did.

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Summary: True Italian Cooking - but lacking
Review: I think that she has a lot of useful tips in this book. For instance, there are a lot of HARD ways of doing things that she manages to eliminate. Her gnocchi recipes are strikingly similar to that of my family's (actually from Italy). However, I would like to see a little something different. Perhaps more vegetables. And definitely more substance in the dessert section. There is so much more she could have done in there without going overbaord or worse, skipping right past things the way she did.

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Summary: Very Good
Review: Wonderful Cookbook. There is a Spinach Rissoto that is out of this world. A must try.