Italian Cooking (Cole's Kitchen Arts Series)

Along with easy-to-follow basic techniques, tips, and illustrated procedures accompanied by practical step-by-step photos, there are useful guidelines for purchasing special ingredients and equipment for re-creating an authentic taste of Italy in your own kitchen. Besides a unique collection of traditional recipes and the cooking techniques you'll use to make them successfully, Italian Cooking provides all the information you'll need to prepare a panoply of classic Italian menus, from multiple-course banquets to simple cold suppers. And the variety of Italian-style offerings for quick pick-me-ups and more leisurely between-meal pauses runs from the zestfully savory to the shamelessly sweet.