Book List

Here are some cookbooks I like

(in no particular order)

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• The Glorious Pasta of Italy by Domenica Marchetti




• Big Night In: More Than 100 Wonderful Recipes for Feeding Family and Friends Italian-Style by Domenica Marchetti




• Cucina Povera: Tuscan Peasant Cooking by Pamela Sheldon Johns




• Flour by Joanne Chang




• Bugialli on Pasta by Giuliano Bugialli




• My Calabria by Rosetta Costantino with Janet Fletcher




• The Blue Chair Jam Cookbook by Rachel Saunders




• Breaking Break in L’Aquila by Maria Filice




• Mastering the Art of French Cooking (2 Volume Set) by Julia Child




• Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker




• Lidia’s Family Table by Lidia Bastianich




• Lidia’s Italian-American Kitchen by Lidia Bastianich




• Lidia’s Italian Table by Lidia Bastianich




• Lidia’s Italy by Lidia Bastianich




• Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy by Lidia Bastianich




• Recipes from an Italian Summer Editors of Phaidon Press




• The Italian Baker by Carol Field




• In Nonna’s Kitchen: Recipes and Traditions from Italy’s Grandmothers by Carol Field




• Celebrating Italy: Tastes & Traditions of Italy as Revealed Through Its Feasts, Festivals & Sumptuous Foods by Carol Field




• Italian Festival Food by Anne Bianchi




• The Craft of Baking by Karen DeMasco




• Rustico: Regional Italian Country Cooking by Micol Negrin




• Encyclopedia of Pasta by Oretta Zanini De Vita




• Bitter Almonds: Recollections and Recipes from a Sicilian Girlhood by Maria Grammatico and Mary Taylor Simeti




• A Passion for Desserts by Emily Luchetti




• A Passion for Ice Cream by Emily Luchetti




• The Silver Spoon by Phaidon Press




• Food Festivals of Italy by Leonardo Curti and James O. Fraioli




• Celebration Breads by Betsy Oppenneer




• La Cucina Siciliana di Gangivecchio by Wanda and Giovanna Tornebene and Michele Evans




• Sicilian Home Cooking: Family Recipes from Gangivecchio by Wanda and Giovanna Tornabene and Michele Evans




• Sweet Sicily: The Story of an Island and Her Pastries by Victoria Granof




• Cucina del Sole: A Celebration of Southern Italian Cooking by Nancy Harmon Jenkins




• Williams-Sonoma Foods of the World: Florence by Lori de Mori




• Biba’s Italy: Favorite Recipes from the Splendid Cities by Biba Caggiano




• Naples at Table: Cooking in Campania by Arthur Schwartz




• The Southern Italian Table: Authentic Tastes from Traditional Kitchens by Arthur Schwartz




• The Oxford Companion to Italian Food by Gillian Riley




• Around the Roman Table: Food and Feasting in Ancient Rome by Patrick Faas




• The Perfect Scoop: Ice Creams, Sorbets, Granitas, and Sweet Accompaniments by David Lebovitz




• The Timeless Art of Italian Cuisine by Anna Maria Volpi




• Red, White, and Greens: The Italian Way with Vegetables by Faith Heller Willinger




• Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan




• The New Making of a Cook: The Art, Techniques, and Science of Good Cooking by Madeleine Kamman




• Pie: 300 Tried-and-True Recipes for Delicious Homemade Pie by Ken Haedrich




• The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken: A Search for Food and Family by Laura Schenone




• Cocolat: Extraordinary Chocolate Desserts by Alice Medrich




• Bittersweet: Recipes and Tales from a Life in Chocolate by Alice Medrich




• Molto Gusto: Easy Italian Cooking by Mario Batali




• Italian Grill by Mario Batali




• The Cake Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum




• The Pie and Pastry Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum




• The Bread Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum




• Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes by Giada De Laurentiis




• Everyday Pasta by Giada De Laurentiis




• Giada’s Kitchen: New Italian Favorites by Giada De Laurentiis




• Giada’s Family Dinners by Giada De Laurentiis




• Recipes from Paradise: Life & Food on the Italian Riviera by Fred Plotkin




• La Terra Fortunata: The Splendid Food and Wine of Friuli Venezia-Giulia, Italy’s Great Undiscovered Region by Fred Plotkin




• Italian Festival Food: Recipes and Traditions from Italy’s Regional Country Food Fairs by Anne Bianchi




• Dolce Italiano: Desserts from the Babbo Kitchen by Gina DePalma




• Artisan Baking Across America: The Breads, The Bakers, The Best Recipes by Maggie Glezer




• Bread Baker’s Apprentice by Peter Reinhart