Italian Home Cooking : Quick and Easy Meals to Feed Family and Friends

When an Italian cooks dinner, it's always a meal to savor and enjoy with as many people as can be found to share it with. Gennaro shares his favorite family recipes—the ones that will feed a crowd of hungry guests, from his 90-year-old father to his three-year-old twin girls. Older generations give advice; all hands are on deck to help; and the whole family sit themselves down at the large dining table to join in the feast together. The table is like the altar—to eat, drink, discuss, argue, and confess—but most of all to enjoy the wonderful food! All the recipes cater for large numbers of people, but have tips on how to adapt them for smaller groups. There are hints on how to prepare things in advance, advice on which dishes go with what, and plenty of creative menu ideas. Here is everything a chef needs to transform his kitchen into a little slice of Italy.

Gennaro Contaldo began to work in the kitchens of local restaurants in Amalfi at the age of eight. He worked as a chef in several London restaurants before opening his own, Passione, in London.