Lidia's Family Table by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich

Lidia's Family Table by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich

From one of America best-loved and most-admired chefs, an instructive and creative collection of over 200 recipes that bring simple, delicious Italian cooking to the family table,with imaginative ideas for variations and improvisations.

Lidia's Family Table features hundreds offabulous new dishes that will appeal both to Lidia's loyal following, who have come to rely on her wonderfully detailed recipes, and to the more adventurous cook ready to experiment.

. She welcomes us to the table with tasty bites from the sea (including home-cured tuna and mackerel), seasonal salads, and vegetable surprises (Egg-Battered Zucchini Roll-Ups, Sweet Onion Gratinate).

. She reveals the secret of simple make-ahead soup bases, delicious on their own and easy to embellish for a scrumptious soup that can make a meal.

. She opens up the wonderful world of pasta, playing with different shapes, mixing and matching, and creating sauces while the pasta boils; she teaches us to make fresh egg pastas, experimenting with healthful ingredients-whole wheat, chestnut, buckwheat, and barley. And she makes us understand the subtle arts of polenta- and risotto-making as never before.

. She shares her love of vegetables, skillet-cooking some to intensify their flavor, layering some with yesterday's bread for a lasagna-like gratin, blanketing a scallop of meat with sauteed vegetables, and finishing seasonal greens with the perfect little sauce.

. She introduces us to some lesser-known cuts of meats for main courses (shoulders, butts, and tongue) and underused, delicious fish (skate and monkfish), as well as to her family's favorite recipes for chicken and a beautiful balsamic-glazed roast turkey.

. And she explores with us the many ways fruits and crusts (pie, strudel, cake, and toasted bread) marry and produce delectable homey desserts to end the meal.

Lidia's warm presence is felt on every page of this book, explaining the whys and wherefores of what she is doing, and the brilliant photographs take us right into her home, showing her rolling out pasta with her grandchildren, bringing in the summer harvest, and sitting around the food-laden family table. As she makes every meal a celebration, she invites us to do the same, giving us confidence and joy in the act of cooking.

LIDIA MATTICCHIO BASTIANICH is the author of twelve previous books and the Emmy Award-winning host of Public Television's Lidia's Kitchen, which airs in Mexico, Canada, the Middle East, Croatia, and the United Kingdom. She also owns Felidia, Becco, and several other restaurants, as well as being a partner in the famed Eataly restaurants in New York, Chicago, and Sao Paolo, Brazil. She resides in New York's Long Island. TANYA BASTIANICH MANUALI earned her PhD in Renaissance art history from Oxford University, as well as her MA and BA from Syracuse University and Georgetown University, respectively. She is the founder of Esperienze Italiane, an Italian food and wine tour company, the owner and Executive Producer of Tavola Productions, and the manager of the Lidia brand and food line. She resides on Long Island, New York, and co-authors cookbooks with her mother and brother.

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ISBN 13	9781400040353
ISBN 10	1400040353
Title	Lidia's Family Table
Author	Lidia Matticchio Bastianich
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Alfred A. Knopf
Year published	2004-11-23
Number of pages	448
Prizes	Short-listed for IACP Crystal Whisk Award (General) 2005
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.