Cooking with Italian Grandmothers: Recipes and Stories from Tuscany to Sicily
Cooking with Italian Grandmothers: Recipes and Stories from Tuscany to Sicily
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Cooking with Italian Grandmothers: Recipes and Stories from Tuscany to Sicily
American chef Jessica Theroux spent a year traveling throughout Italy, cooking and talking with Italian grandmothers, learning their secrets and listening to their stories. The result is a charming and authentic collection of recipes, techniques, anecdotes, and photographs that celebrate the rustic and sustainable culinary traditions of Italy’s most experienced home cooks.
Cooking with Italian Grandmothers features the histories and menus of fifteen grandmothers, each of whom welcomed Ms. Theroux into their kitchens and pantries and shared both their favorite dishes and personal wisdoms. From the dramatic winter shores if Ustica to the blooming hills of Tuscany in spring, readers will journey through Italy’s most divers regions and seasons, to discover the country’s most delectable dishes, from the traditional to the unexpected, and meet the storied women who make them.
Part travel diary, part photo essay, part cookbook, Cooking with Italian Grandmothers features over 100 time-honored recipes, from the perfect panna cotta to the classic meat lasagna.
Includes:
Recipes and wisdom from 12 Italian grandmothers
100 classic Italian recipes
A number of regional and seasonal menus, complete from appetizer to dessert.
Over 150 full color photographs.
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Review by Edward West for Cooking with Italian Grandmothers: Recipes and Stories from Tuscany to Sicily
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Chef, author, artist, and healer Jessica Theroux traveled all throughout Italy, apprenticing to wise grandmother cooks during her year-and-a-half adventure. This book is a set of stories, recipes, and photography from the journey.
The recipes are absolutely fantastic, the photography is luscious, and the documentation of vanishing traditional Italian food culture is important. But what really makes the book stand out is the quality of the writing.
The language is evocative, and the tales of the women embody such beautiful wisdom. The prose is poetic and rich; the writer has a gift for telling the tales of these extraordinary women. And Jessica’s journey was not just physical; you can feel the author grow wiser throughout the progression of the book. The challenges of the trip, the exposure to the wise grandmothers, and the wild and unexpected experience of life itself serve to impart this wisdom to Jessica page by page.
The Jessica who set out on this journey is different than the Jessica who returned.
I don’t normally associate cookbooks as something that you can just sit down and read, but this book is a joy to curl up with, like a warm wool blanket by the fire. I will be buying them for family and friends as Christmas presents, and just-for-the-heck-of-it presents. A sense of love and warmth permeates the book, and it will truly touch the reader.
Every once in a while a truly special book comes along- this is one of them.
Five stars.
Review by Melissa H. Divaris for Cooking with Italian Grandmothers: Recipes and Stories from Tuscany to Sicily
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This book is absolutely beautiful! Between the illustrations, the photography, the words, and the recipes, it’s truly a piece of art! Jessica’s journey connected me back to my journey in and out of the kitchen..travel, food, grandmothers,,,, After reading her book, It felt as if my own grandmother was present. A true hommage to older generations…bringing back what’s good, soulful, and much needed in today’s busy world. It’s a reminder to slow down and tap back in to our roots…to remember our past generations who were serving up soulful advice and food! I can’t wait to give this book as gifts for the holidays and birthdays…especially for women..it is a beautiful work of art with amazing and easy recipes from Italy. What more could you ask for?
Review by Sacramento Book Review for Cooking with Italian Grandmothers: Recipes and Stories from Tuscany to Sicily
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Chef and health consultant Jessica Theroux had a mission: travel throughout Italy for a year, meet bona fide Italian grandmothers, and learn from them the secrets of real Italian cooking. With little more than a handful of personal contacts–but with a clear idea of what, and whom, she was looking for–she traveled from town to town, seeking out incredible home cooks, earning their friendship, and learning their most beloved recipes. The result is a gorgeous, heavy volume rich with rustic Italian recipes; lovely pictures of Italian homes, foods, and countryside; and stories about the women who brought these recipes to life.
The twelve Italian grandmothers featured in the book are generous with their time and cooking techniques, providing over a hundred recipes ranging from caramelized baby artichokes to blood orange gelato. These are not thirty-minute meals–but ease of preparation isn’t the point; this is about tradition and nourishment in their very best forms. //Cooking// will make readers long for an Italian grandmother of their own–but provides the next-best way to get succulent Italian food on the table.
Reviewed by Margo Orlando Littell
Review by Allison Post for Cooking with Italian Grandmothers: Recipes and Stories from Tuscany to Sicily
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Jessica has gifted us with a deeply thoughtful, moving, and beautiful book. Every page reminds us what truly nourishes: The land, what it provides, the legacy of the cultural knowledge that has been passed down through the generations of women. The love that is shared through good meals and time spent with friends and family. The opportunity we have to slow down, listen, and learn from our grandmothers.
This is not only a cookbook, it is a collection of experiences that give context and richness to the ingredients and recipes. What I like most about it is the understated feel, look, and tone of the book. It’s not flashy, or hyped, and in this world of glossy fads and celebrity chefs, that’s a breath of fresh air.
I especially loved the simplicity of some of the meals. Roasted broccoli shoots with olive oil and salt. That’s it! So incredibly yummy.
Jessica is an authentic, welcome voice for the Slow Food movement. I look forward to being nourished by this book and whatever she shares with us next.
Review by Rebekah Wheeler for Cooking with Italian Grandmothers: Recipes and Stories from Tuscany to Sicily
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My mom and I just spent a lovely day together cooking five of the recipes from this amazing book! We were able to make all of them despite our somewhat limited chef skills…and each dish was just FANTASTIC!!! We both thought it was one of the best meals we’ve ever had. The Apple Cake was phenomenal! The fennel salad was a simple wonder! And the best part is feeling that connection with our heritage and with each other…everyone should give a copy to their mom!!!