Italian American Forever: Classic Recipes for Everything You Want to Eat
$35.00
120 go-to Italian American favorites for all the red-sauced, pan-fried, crispy-cornered, baked-until-bubbly comforting classics youโll want to eat every night.
Food Network star Alex Guarnaschelli may be a French-trained chef, an Iron Chef, and a short-order-chef to her daughter, Ava, but at her core, sheโs an Italian American home cook. Her momโs heritage was Sicilian and her dadโs people were from Bari; she pledged allegiance to her fatherโs marinara on weekdays and to her momโs on the weekend and grew up eating at many of the red-checked-tablecloth trattorias throughout New York City. She still stops in to chitchat with the shop owners in Little Italy, where she buys the milkiest fresh mozz, the most thinly sliced prosciutto, and the crunchiest biscotti.
These are the recipes that are favorites for so many of us, whether your family is from Italy or not. Fromย Fettuccine Alfredo, Whole Chicken alla Diavola,ย andย Carmella Sopranoโs Lasagnaย (yes, that Carmella Soprano) toย Stuffed Artichokesย so big and bursting that theyโre a main course unto themselves, these 120 recipes and 115 stunning photos are a celebration of garlic and tomatoes, Parmesan, pesto, and all the meatballs, sausages, and tiramisu in between. There are both simple weeknight suppers and slowly simmered Sunday sauces, and they represent the food we make to celebrate, commiserate, and just to beโitโs Italian, itโs American, itโs all of us.