Lisa Caponigri is masterful Italian chef—and
so knowledgeable. This cookbook is a keeper!
An elegantly presented cookbook that offers 52 authentic
menus--each with five courses--to create traditional, memorable Italian feasts.
Lisa Caponigri's life has been spent in the kitchen. Memories of
cooking with her Sicilian grandmother and her own children have encouraged
Caponigri--an Italian American who has lived in Italy--to inspire others to
create similar experiences. In This
Is Sunday Dinner, Caponigri presents 52 easy-to-follow, classic
menus--each comprised of five courses, including wine suggestions--that pay
homage to traditional, five-course Italian Sunday dinners: antipasto, soup,
pasta and risotto, entrée or vegetable and dessert.
Italians make creative use of seasonal ingredients at their
peak. Thus, the cookbook is presented in accordance with the four seasons, and
each section offers 13 region-specific menus. "Winter in Piemonte"
showcases delicious cheeses, like figs stuffed with Gorgonzola and marinated in
port wine, as well as creamy risottos, steak and even delicate Apple-Almond
Turnovers. "Spring in Campania" features peasant dishes such as
"Garbage Pail Spaghetti" that combines nuts with capers, raisins,
tomatoes, olives and Pecorino Romano, not to mention Cheese Gattó that marries
potatoes with broccoli rabe and smoked mozzarella. Menus replete with fish,
eggplant, pastas and desserts--including a rich Cannoli Cake--are highlights of
"Summer in Sicily." And "Tuscany in Autumn" showcases the
elegant simplicity of menus that offer crostini, a luscious recipe for Ribollita--Tuscan
bread and bean soup--as well as hearty recipes for pork and chicken.
Caponigri (Whatever
Happened to Sunday Dinner?)
believes cookbooks are not just about food, but also about traditions and a
lifestyle. This elegant, artfully presented collection is testament to her
culinary passion and prowess for all things Italian.
This Is Sunday Dinner: 52 Seasonal Italian Menus by Lisa Caponigri
Sterling Epicure, $29.95 Hardcover, 9781454930174, 336 pages
Publication Date: April 2, 2019
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