The Italian Home Cook

Italians are taught from a young age to cherish the ingredients we cook with, whether home grown or store bought. We have observed our nonnas caring for these ingredients with passion and knowledge, and turning them into meals we will never stop craving or recreating.'

Silvia Colloca, shares the 100 recipes that will show you how to cook like a true Italian, using the most humble of ingredients: end-of-summer tomatoes, salty anchovies, vibrant greens, oozy burrata and many more.

These are the dishes made lovingly in homes around Italy every day, and they are often brought to life with only a handful of ingredients and the simplest equipment. Try silky handmade noodles, savory pies filled with fresh ricotta and parmigiano, crispy fried seafood, or slow-cooked ossobuco over saffron risotto. The Italian Home Cook is your essential guide to shopping, cooking and eating like an Italian, and will help you bring a little slice of Italy into your own home.

Includes metric measures.

Silvia Colloca is an Italian-born food lover who has claimed the mantle of Passionate Home Cook in Australia since arriving here in 2009. Silvia loves to share unfussy, delicious recipes that have been passed down through her family for generations. Her food is traditional, authentic, simple, and embedded in it is the legacy of the hands of her mother and grandmother. Through sharing her recipes, Silvia has created a strong community of food-loving people from around the world who follow her culinary adventures on TV, in print and through her social media channels.

Silvia is the author of five cookbooks: Silvia's Cucina, Made in Italy, La Dolce Vita, Love, Laugh, Bake! and Simple Italian. She is also a regular contributor to delicious. magazine and has co-created, co-produced and hosted three television shows - Wok vs Pot,Cook Like an Italian and Made in Italy for SBS and Silvia's Italian Table for the ABC. When she's not in the kitchen, Silvia loves to return to her first love, the stage. Silvia lives in Sydney with her husband and three children.

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