Maestro Carluccio hits the spot again with Complete Italian Food. Despite the title, it is not a comprehensive encyclopedia--how could it be, at 320 pages?--but a personal sampling of Italian ...
Antonio Carluccio's recipes are always bang-on, simple and vivid. He is among the most amiable of food writers, genial and measured; one reads with pleasure but no surprise of his delight at encoun...
"It is often claimed that Marco Polo brought pasta back to Italy from China. Nothing could be further from the truth--in fact, it was already known to the Romans and the Greeks long before Marco ...