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Artisan
September 2007
On Sale: September 12, 2007
320 pages ISBN: 1579653456 EAN: 9781579653453 Hardcover
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When two great chefs—buddies and business partners for
twenty-odd years—decide to write a cookbook about the simple
Italian food they love, you get decades of experience, sage
advice, and wonderful recipes. And you also get a few great
arguments thrown in along the way, as Pino and Mark debate
the right way to make everything from meatballs to pot roast
to eggplant parmigiana. Of course, the issue is not whose recipes are better—Pino
and Mark would be first to praise each other's food. And
it's not about a right or wrong way. It's about preferences
in ingredients, technique, and approach. Pino, a native of Tuscany cooking in America, is a purist.
His food is grounded in tradition. Mark, a New Yorker, loves
the Italian-American cooking he grew up with. Each has his
favorite recipes (see back cover) and his own way, but
they're bonded by a shared philosophy that the simplest food
is the best, and a shared desire to please families,
friends, and loyal customers with food that makes them happy. So here are nearly 150 delicious recipes representing the
best of Italian and Italian-American cooking from not one
master but two, with text that teaches, dialogue that's
lively, and photography that's gorgeous. There's no question
about who reaps the rewards of their friendly
competition—it's the reader, hands down. Whether you make... * Pino's Oven-Braised Lamb and Artichokes with
Oven-Roasted New Potatoes and Spring Onions or Mark's
Braised Holiday Capon with Sweet Potatoes and Roasted
Brussels Sprouts
* Mark's Chopped Roman Salad or Pino's classic Caesar Salad
* Pino's Mushroom Risotto or Mark's Farro with Button
Mushrooms, Cherry Tomatoes, and Goat Cheese
* Mark's Pears in Vin Santo with sweet Polenta or Pino's
Neapolitan Cheesecake
...the end result is the same—unpretentious food that is
timelessly pleasing. This is home cooking at its very best.
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