Baratta, Don. The Sicilian gentleman's cookbook.Firefly. 273p. illus, index, c2002. 1-65209632-7. $19.95. SA More than 150 tried-and-true family recipes are included in this entertaining cookbook. In the Baratta household, as is true of most Sicilian households, a decent respect for food was not expected--it was required. Amusing anecdotes accompany most recipes and make this book a lot of fun to read. Simple line drawings provide basic illustrations. It is the author's contention that most Italian cookbooks feature northern Italian recipes while overlooking the Sicilian region. This comprehensive book, with its wonderful recipes, will solve that problem. They include: Pasta With Cauliflower cauliflower (kô`lĭflou'ər, käl`ĭ–), variety of cabbage, with an edible head of condensed flowers and flower stems. Broccoli is the horticultural variety (botrytis); both were cultivated in Roman times.. Baked Sausage Palermo Palermo (pälĕr`mō), Lat. Panormus, city (1991 pop. 698,556), capital of Palermo prov. and of Sicily, NW Sicily, Italy, on the Tyrrhenian Sea. Situated on the edge of the Conca d'Oro (Golden Conch Shell), a beautiful and fertile plain, it is Sicily's largest city and chief seaport. Style. Ricotta Pudding, Chicken Cacciatore, Baked Fillet fillet /fil·let/ (fil´et) 1. a loop, as of cord or tape, for making traction on the fetus. 2. in the nervous system, a long band of nerve fibers. fil·let (f of Sole in Wine Sauce, and Cannoli, to list just a few. A special section at the end of the book provides additional information about the author's father, who prepared these recipes over his lifetime. Mangia! Shirley Reis, IMC Dir, Lake Shore M.S., Mequon Mequon (mĕk`wŏn), city (1990 pop. 18,885), Ozaukee co., SE Wis., a suburb of Milwaukee, on Lake Michigan and the Milwaukee River; est. 1846, inc. 1957. It has varied industries. A Catholic training center, a Lutheran seminary, and an automotive museum are there., WI |
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