Cookbook Profile: Saveur Cooks Authentic Italian

Saveur Cooks Authentic Italian
Savoring the Recipes and Traditions
of the World's Favorite Cuisine

by the Editors of Saveur Magazine

Continuing the highly acclaimed cookbook series, Saveur Cooks Authentic Italian explores the world's most popular and beloved cuisine. Authentic Italian food is inspired by local traditions and relies on the freshest of ingredients. It's real food—unpretentious and casual—the ultimate in home-cooking.

The renowned culinary experts at Saveur go straight to the source with recipes for perfectly prepared pasta and risotto, hearty meat and game, and irresistibly delicious desserts. Each colorful page is an invitation: Share a seafood feast with a Venetian fishmonger, take a private lasagna-making lesson in Bologna, or discover the secrets for pesto buono in Genoa. Featuring award-winning writing, hundreds of stunning color photographs, and more than 120 recipes, Saveur Cooks Authentic Italian is a timeless celebration of the world's best-loved cuisine.

The editors of Saveur Magazine:

Dorothy Kalins is editor-in-chief of Saveur and Garden Design. She lives in Manhattan.

Colman Andrews is editor of Saveur and author of several other cookbooks. He lives in Old Greenwich, Connecticut.

Christopher Hirsheimer is executive editor of Saveur. Her photographs appear regularly in Saveur and in numerous cookbooks, including Fried & True. She lives in rural Pennsylvania.

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Saveur Cooks Authentic Italian
Savoring the Recipes and Traditions of the World's Favorite Cuisine
By the editors of Saveur Magazine
Chronicle Books, 2001
9-5/8 x 10 in; 320 pp
$40.00 Hardcover
ISBN 0811832678
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