1,000 Italian Recipes by Michele Scicolone

Feeling tired and rushed on a weekday? Make fresh tomato sauce in the time it takes to boil water and cook the pasta. Or throw together tuna salad with white beans and arugula greens for a hearty, healthy lunch or dinner within minutes.

For special occasions, find a wonderful range of fish dishes for Lent or Christmas Eve, succulent lamb for Easter, and an amazing array of holiday cookies. For a festive gathering of family and friends, cook up Italian specialties like cannelloni, roast pork loin, and sautéed spinach with garlic. Then relax over a good espresso and a luscious mixed berry mascarpone tart. Celebrate the seasons with refreshing salads in the spring, grilled chicken and meats in summer, hearty, warming soups in autumn, and baked pastas in winter . . . the possibilities for fabulous meals are endless.

With expert guidance on special techniques in addition to the recipes, you’ll learn to make crispy pizza, delicate ravioli, and decadent tiramisù. Advice on buying ingredients and pairing Italian wines with food makes shopping simple. Now you can enjoy all your favorite Italian delights and explore new ones in your own home.

In 1,000 Italian Recipes, you’ll find:

• ITALIAN FAVORITES (with plenty of variations): bruschette, panini, lasagna, pizze, calzoni, risotti, and biscotti
• COMFORT FOODS: Pasta and Beans ("pasta fazool"); Escarole and Little Meatball Soup; Eggplant Parmigiana; Stuffed Artichokes
• REGIONAL SPECIALTIES: Tuscan Fish Soup; Piedmontese Spiced Roast Duck; Linguine with Sicilian Pesto; Roman Stuffed Tomatoes
• EASY ITALIAN: Pasta with Peas and Eggs; Skewered Tuna with Orange; Sliced Steak with Arugula; Lamb Chops with White Wine
• VEGETARIAN DELIGHTS: Rigatoni with Eggplant Ragù; Asparagus Risotto; Fava Beans with Greens; Mushrooms with Garlic and Parsley
• TEMPTING ANTIPASTI: Garlic Toasts; Roasted Peppers; Montasio Cheese Crisps; Tuna-Stuffed Peppers; Lemon Meatballs
• CELEBRATION DISHES: Fig and Melon with Prosciutto; Green and White Cannelloni; Braised Quail; Stuffed Breast of Veal; Zucchini Flans
• IRRESISTIBLE DESSERTS: Grilled Summer Fruit; Lemon Gelato; Ricotta Cheesecake; Chocolate Hazelnut Cake

Whether you are looking for the perfect resource for everyday and holiday cooking, or imagine exploring all the glories of Italian cuisine one recipe at a time, you’ll never need to look beyond these pages for simple, varied, and mouthwatering inspiration.

Product Description:
In 1,000 Italian Recipes, Michele Scicolone offers an authoritative and engaging tribute to Italian food, one of the world’s most popular cuisines. She not only spotlights favorite dishes like lasagna, pizza, frittata, and gelato (and offers a wealth of variations for each), but also shares hundreds of distinctive specialties from the hills of Piedmont, the beautiful islands of Sicily and Sardinia, and other Italian locales. Readers will be able to explore the delights of Italian food traditions through recipes for antipasti, soups, salads, and pastas, as well as meat, poultry, fish, and vegetable dishes–and, of course, desserts. Scicolone also offers inspiring menus and expert advice on selecting Italian ingredients and pairing Italian wines with food. This treasury of simple dishes for everyday Italian meals and special-occasion feasts is one book home cooks won’t want to be without!

Michele Scicolone (New York, NY) is the highly respected author or coauthor of nine cookbooks, including the blockbuster bestseller, The Sopranos Family Cookbook. She has written for the New York Times, Gourmet, Wine Spectator, Better Homes and Gardens, and the Washington Post. She has appeared on the CBS Early Show, Good Morning America, and Cooking Live–which she has also co-hosted. She teaches at cooking schools around the country.

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