Cooking and Cruising Italian Style: Light & Healthy Cuisine

Just reprinted! What better place to enjoy the favorite foods of the Mediterranean than on a peaceful cruise. Here s a great book with secret recipes from six of the Costa Cruise ships. These recipes many handed down from generation to generation celebrate the glories of Italian cuisine with Costa chefs favorite regional dishes. Recipes that will wow you include Crabmeat Baked in Pastry, Eggplant Caponata, Lobster Soup, Minestrone Genoa Style, Green Lasagna au Gratin, Champagne Risotto, Lemon Marinated Shrimp, Braised Beef in Barolo Wine and Glazed Duck Puccini Style.

Joyce LaFray, acknowledged to be one of the country s foremost food experts, has earned plaudits for her ability to educate and entertain in a cornucopia of media settings.

Her readers have faithfully followed her exploits and adventures in the fields of food, wine, and travel, via a myriad number of cookbooks and restaurant guides. Joyce is a frequent contributor to Gourmet Retailer, Where and many other food and travel magazines. When food writers visit Florida they call Joyce for advice on which restaurants to visit...from the New York Times...to Food & Wine...to
to USA Today.Joyce's talents have played a major role in the organization and success of well known functions such as The Tampa Tribune's "Taste of Florida." Macy's popular statewide "Chef's Tour," Miami's International Book Fair, and the National Kahlua "Bake-off. Corporately, she has been spokesperson for Goldkist (Young and Tender Chicken), Appleton Rum, Dining Out and Publix Supermarkets.

She hasbeen a guest of a number of governments of Italy, Spain and the Caribbean and a participant in a
number of travel seminars hosted by The Olive Oil Council. She is a member of the James BeardFoundation and a member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals.










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