Verdure: Simple Recipes in the Italian Style - Hardcover

Vitale, Gioietta; Miller, Robin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 060960435X ISBN 13: 9780609604359

Publisher: Clarkson Potter, 2001

Synopsis

Celebrating the simple cooking of Northern Italy, Verdure presents 100 healthful recipes for tempting dishes that make the best of fresh seasonal produce.

In Verdure, her long-awaited follow-up to Riso, Gioietta Vitale gives just-picked spinach, perfect baby artichokes, crisp green beans, and other delicacies of the garden the thoughtful treatment they deserve. These recipes, every bit as appealing as they are healthful, are delicious reminders of the tenets of Italian cooking: use fresh ingredients, respect those ingredients, and never add more to a dish than it needs.

This philosophy, which Gioietta has embraced since she first learned about food as a child in Northern Italy, results in such wonderfully simple dishes as Asparagus Salad with Potato-Anchovy Dressing, Sautéed Radicchio in Olive Oil, and Spinach Frittata. Each chapter features information on how to choose, store, and cook a single vegetable, from artichokes to zucchini, as well as a listing of flavors that will complement the vegetable in your own repertoire of dishes.

Each dish is prepared in the low-saturated-fat Italian tradition — a cooking style that's increasingly recognized as not only the most healthful but also one that takes best advantage of vegetables' own natural flavors.

The perfect cookbook for everyone whose culinary ambitions are awakened by overflowing produce stands and bountiful gardens,Verdure will appeal to anyone who understands that the best dishes are often the simplest ones.

About this title

From the Back Cover

"A perfect gem! Compact, thorough . . . a celebration of simplicity from an uncompromising authority and inspiring enthusiast."
-- Diana Shaw, author of The Essential Vegetarian Cookbook and Almost Vegetarian
"Verdure captures and illustrates what makes Italian food so great and that is its delicious simplicity. This is a wonderful book for cooks of all skills but is especially appropriate for those who are early into their cooking experiences. Gioietta patiently and clearly explains how easy it is to prepare food with great flavor."
-John Ash, Culinary Director of Fetzer Vineyards and founder of John Ash & Company Restaurant in Santa Rosa, CA

About the Author

Gioietta Vitale, a native of Milan, is the author of Riso (1996). A recent chairwoman of The American Italian Cancer Foundation, she continues to be active in fund-raising for cancer research. She is married to Alberto Vitale, former CEO of Random House, Inc., and lives in New York City.

Robin Vitetta-Miller has a master's degree in food and nutrition and is a contributing editor for Cooking Light and Health magazines. She writes columns for Shape, Natural Health, Men's Fitness, and Jump, has written articles on food and health for Family Circle, Mademoiselle, Woman's Day, and First for Women, and is a spokesperson for several food companies. She is the author of The Newlywed Cookbook (Sourcebook, 1999) and lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

Edition details

• Publisher: Clarkson Potter
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 060960435X
• ISBN 13: 9780609604359
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144