Heirloom Italian: Recipes and Stories from a Sicilian Grandmother's Kitchen

About this book

Recipes and stories from a Sicilian grandmother’s kitchen create a cookbook that shows anyone how to cook like a true Italian.“Home cooks looking for a great meal will not be let down by Henderson's book. It's a well-rounded collection of recipes that will make readers wish they had their own Italian family to cook with.”—Library JournalFilled with 125 delicious recipes passed down through generations of Sicilian grandmothers, Heirloom Italian offers easy-to-make and substantial dishes with over 50 full-color photographs, including images of old family photos, notes, and letters. Chapters include breakfast, appetizers, soup, salad, pasta, sauces, mains, vegetables, and desserts, with a special chapter focused on holidays.From the introduction:Cookbooks are a piece of history and memories. How many times do you say or others remark, “This reminds me of . . . my mother, my grandmother, and so on”? The aroma of a stuffed turkey slow roasting in the oven on Thanksgiving Day, a simmering pot of Bolognese sauce on Sundays getting ready for the big dinner, the sweet fragrance of cinnamon cookies being baked in the oven at Christmas. Memories.

Details

Format

Hardcover

ISBN-13

9781423669678

Publisher

Gibbs Smith

Published

October 27, 2026

Pages

224

Weight

37.6 oz

Subject

Cooking