SPOTLIGHT ON ... MARCELLA HAZAN.Byline: - Natalie Haughton, Daily News Food Editor Age: 73. Profession: Cookbook author and cooking instructor. Hometown: Cesenatico, Italy (a seaside town on the Adriatic). Current residence: Venice, Italy. She and her husband, Victor, have lived there for the last 16 years. Later this year, after her last classes in Venice, Marcella and Victor will move to Longboat Key, Fla., to be near their 39-year old son. On her latest cookbook: ``Marcella Cucina'' is a very personal book. ``It reflects very much our life, how we eat and how we shop for recipes,'' said Hazan. Although it's still a teaching book, she is more emotional about this volume. Most popular dish she makes: Baked Artichokes, Shrimp and Mozzarella moz·za·rel·la n. A mild white Italian cheese that has a rubbery texture and is often eaten melted, as on pizza. [Italian, diminutive of mozza, a cut, mozzarella, from mozzare, - the recipe is in her new cookbook. Favorite cookbook: ``The Classic Pasta Cookbook,'' (DK Publishing) by Giuliano Hazan (her son). Three favorite foods: Vegetables, pasta, fish. She also likes different types of fruit salad and sorbet. Favorite junk food junk food n. Any of various prepackaged snack foods high in calories but low in nutritional value. junk food : Hot dogs. Food she hates: Oysters. Secret food passion: Bourbon; bread, butter and orange marmalade marmalade [Port.,=quince preparation], thick preserve of fruit pulp, originally made from quinces (marmelos) and known in England from the 15th cent. Marmalade has a jellylike consistency and a slightly bitter flavor, caused by including the rind of some tart . Favorite restaurant: Da Fiore in Venice (all fish and seafood). Favorite kitchen gadget (1) Slang for any hardware device, typically small. Synonymous with "gizmo." (2) A mini application that resides on a computer desktop or personal home page, typically found in the Windows environment. : A skillet or saute sau·té tr.v. sau·téed, sau·té·ing, sau·tés To fry lightly in fat in a shallow open pan. n. A dish of food so prepared. pan (``because 90 percent of Italian cooking is done on top of the stove.'') What does she do when not cooking?: Watches films and movies and reads mystery stories. If she couldn't be a food writer, what would she be?: She'd go back to her first career as a research biologist (she has a degree in biology). Worst kitchen disaster: It happened about 20 years ago when she cooked dinner for a food editor. ``My lamb stew (cooked on top of the stove), never cooked. It got tougher and tougher,'' she said. If she could dine with anyone (current or historical) who would it be?: Marcello Mastrianni; Sophia Loren Noun 1. Sophia Loren - Italian film actress (born in 1934) Loren, Sofia Scicolone . Her cookbooks: ``The Classic Italian Cookbook'' (1973), ``More Classic Italian Cooking'' (1978), ``Marcella's Italian Kitchen'' (1986), ``Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking'' (1992) and ``Marcella Cucina'' (1997). CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: MARCELLA HAZAN Marcella Hazan, maiden name Marcella Polini, (born 1924) is an Italian cookery writer who writes in English. Her cookbooks are credited with introducing the public in the United States and Britain to the techniques of traditional Italian cooking. |
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