Sushi Making at Home or Easy Italian Cookbook

Sushi Making at Home

Author: Yasuko Kamimura

Learn to make the most popular varieties of sushi: chirashi-zushi (scattered), maki-zushi (rolled), bou-zushi (bar-shaped) and fancy sushi. Basic ingredients, simple instructions and tips are detailed throughout.

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Easy Italian Cookbook: The Step-By-Step Guide to Deliciously Easy Italian Food at Home

Author: Jennifer Donovan

You don’t have to be Italian to make your own pasta, risotto, and pizza dough, or create fabulous desserts like tiramisu, or demonstrate how delicious marinara sauce tastes when it doesn’t come out of a jar. The secrets of Italian cooking are made accessible here in a step-by-step format that even the most inexperienced cook can follow. With more than 70 lavishly illustrated recipes plus cross-referenced meal plans, this unique cookbook offers a full introduction to the ingredients, methods, and principles of Italy’s rich and varied cuisine. The parade of mouthwatering classics includes zesty Tuna Carpaccio, richly satisfying Chicken Cacciatora, and many other classics. And it comes with its own CD of music to provide atmosphere for the meals!

Kristen Mastel - Library Journal

Novice cooks will feel at home with this book containing more than 70 recipes, each with full-page color illustrations, step-by-step directions for preparation, generous cooking time allotments, and a one-sentence description of each item. The contemporary font, layout, and menu planner make the recipes less intimidating, and a CD of Italian opera is included to set the ambience as you prepare dinner. Donovan, a successful caterer and stylist in London, provides each dish with an English title and uses the classic Italian name as a subheading, taking away from the charm of Italian cooking. For the beginner, recipes include staples such as a fragrant tomato sauce and mouthwatering leg of lamb. More experienced cooks will find little of interest here, as recipes, e.g., for gnocchi, lack detailed directions to make the dish properly. Those who want to advance their recipe collections and cooking techniques beyond the basics should check out one of Mario Batali's cookbooks. Recommended for public libraries lacking easy-to-prepare Italian cookbooks.