SynopsisMarcella Hazan is acclaimed for her trailblazing cookbooks, but first and foremost she is a teacher. From cooking classes held in her small New York City apartment kitchen in the 1960s to the avidly sought after Master Classes she led in her beautiful Venice home, Marcella has been the authoritative guide to Italian cooking. This much-anticipated follow-up to Marcella Cucina offers 100 new tantalizing recipes that bring Marcella's warm, conversational, and illuminating teachings into home kitchens everywhere. The legendary author and cooking teacher shares invaluable lessons in Italian cooking, including mastering traditional techniques, selecting and using ingredients, and planning and preparing complete Italian menus. Drawing on her unique ability to present each recipe as a narrative with subplots, characters, and rich history, Marcella demonstrates just how many delicious new stories she still has to tell., In this, her valedictory recipe collection and teaching book, Marcella Hazan culminates a forty-year career devoted to teaching the true tastes and techniques of Italian food to generations of cooks through trailblazing cookbooks and her celebrated classes. From her first classes, in the 1960s, held in her small New York City apartment kitchen, to the avidly sought-after Master Classes in her beautiful Venice home, Marcella has been the preeminent authority on Italian food. Now, in this much-anticipated follow-up to Marcella Cucina, she brings her warm, conversational style and illuminating experience into home kitchens everywhere. Marcella Says... features 120 of her famously authentic recipes. Written in no-nonsense detail, the indispensable "Master Class" chapter shows expert ways to handle Italian ingredients so that all their flavors absolutely shine. Learn how to fry vegetables to perfect golden crispness without a hint of greasiness, or to dress fruit with wine and sugar to create a refreshing, almost infinitely variable dessert-the tips and techniques of "Master Class" promise to enhance your experience of, and facility with, Italian home cooking. Book jacket.
LC Classification NumberTX723.H3428 2004