Festa del Giardino; A harvest of recipes and family memories

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Summary: Now I love to cook!
Review: I have used a sign in my kitchen that read "This kitchen is closed due to illness. I am sick of cooking!" Since receiving my copy of "Festa del Giardino" the sign has been removed. I have many favorites in your book. A stand by and regular in my kitchen is "Fusilli alla Primavara." It is a marvelous Spring recipe, but I use it year round with whatever fresh vegetables I can find in the market. The vegetarian in my family compliments me every time I serve it as well as any company I prepare it for. The soups are great too. Thank you for sharing your family memories and especially their recipes with me and my family.

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Summary: Memories
Review: I love it. The memories, the recipes all brought me back to my own childhood.

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Summary: The best!
Review: I love this book - it has wonderful personal appeal and great recipes. I was forever looking for good Italian vegetable recipes and this is the best book of them I have found.

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Summary: Good cooking! Good memories!
Review: My wife and I were paging through your cookbook last night and she remarked that your recipes are exactly how we eat. Your prelude left me with a tear in my eye and a nostalgic longing for my extended family and family dinners in Brooklyn and Queens, where I grew up. I'm really afraid that unless our generation holds on to some of those traditions they will be lost in 25 years.

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Summary: Truly wonderful, "kitchen friendly" dishes
Review: Sally Maraventano drew from her own Italian family history to showcase 125 delicious and healthy recipes for Festa del Giardino: A Harvest Of Recipes And Family Memories. All of these recipes are prepared without animal fats and are arranged in a classic Italian menu format, including antipasti, first course, main course, side dishes, and desserts. From Insalata Mista (Mixed Green Salad with Oil and Vinegar Dressing); to Pappardelle con Salsa alle Verdure (Wide Ribbon Pasta with Hearty Vegetable Sauce); to Pizza alle Melanzane (Spicy Eggplant Pizza); to Polenta alla Pizzaiola (Cornmeal Squares with Spicy Tomato Sauce), these are truly wonderful, "kitchen friendly" dishes that would grace any table and satisfy any appetite.

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Summary: The best!
Review: Simple, healthy foods. Very easy to prepare. Very good soup recipes. Give this book a try I know you will enjoy!

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Summary: Takes Me To Italy
Review: The artwork and the recipes take me to Italy! I keep this cookbook displayed on a shelf above my baking center to remind me of my own fever for Italy. It's a perfect selection for an "Italian" gift basket.

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Summary: Festa del Giardino
Review: This is a wonderful cookbook, chock full of fresh from the garden recipes that have pleased my family. From soups, to slads, and other vegetarian dishes, this book reads like a dream! The history the author shares about her family is heartwarming, and any Italian/Sicilian family will relate to it whole heartedly. I enthusiastically reccommend this cookbook to anyone who loves fresh wholesome foods. I have given it to many friends and relatives, and everyone has enjoyed it immensly! Hats off to Sally! This is a quality cookbook you will turn to over and over again.