black chef
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thanks for your recommendations, fam...
i bought "The Silver Spoon" today at costco for $24.99 on sale.
i bought "The Silver Spoon" today at costco for $24.99 on sale.
Do you know her?And granted, while this is just personal preference, it beats the Hazan cookbooks by more than a mile. She may be considered "Italian cookbook royalty" by some, but that's by "some" only. Personally I find her more than a bit pretentious.
Breezy, Her cooking has NOTHING to do with Italian restaurants in US or Italy, and everything to do with Italian home cooking. The Silver Spoon is an entirely different book than Marcella's... writter FOR an ITALIAN audience.I do have her son's cookbook, that I do use frequently, but it still doesn't hold even half a candle to The Silver Spoon. The Hazan books are good, but frankly they've obviously been catered to the American-Italian expectation of of Italian cuisine - ala what one gets at upscale Italian restaurants.
But again - that's just my opinion. Cookbooks - like food & recipes - are ALWAYS going to be a matter of personal preference. Just like novels. Just because I love a novel doesn't mean you will; doesn't mean the novel isn't good.