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Italian Pure Simple: Robust and Rustic Home Cooking for Every Day
Italian Pure Simple Robust and Rustic Home Cooking for Every Day Author:Clifford A. Wright Simplicity and resourcefulness. Italian Pure and Simple is born out of the farm cooking of Italy-food that satisfies and is made from what is on hand or affordable. These are dishes with the rough, ready flavors of the outdoors -- Baked Thyme Chicken with Roasted Potatoes and Fried Peppers, Tomato and Gorgonzola Salad, Pork Chops and Gold... more »en Onions. Pasta plays a big part in this book, seventy-nine recipes in all, a lip-smacking selection, no matter what you're in the mood for: Fettuccine with Ham and Warm Goat Cheese; Penne with Chickpeas and Mint; Lasagne with Chicken, Spinach, and Portobello Mushrooms; Linguine with Garlicky Fried Oysters. Enjoy your vegetables as a side dish, like Drowned Mustard Greens and Summertime Broccoli, or eat it like crostini -- Roasted Country Bread with Ricotta and Spinach or with Ripe Tomatoes and Basil. And desserts are the soul of simplicity -- Strawberries and Grapes in Syrup with Mint and Vanilla, and Mango in Lime Syrup.One hundred and fifty recipes in all, Italian Pure and Simple willsatisfy your hunger, easily and deliciously.« less