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Little Italy cookbook / David Ruggerio ; photographs by Melanie Acevedo.
LIBRA - Rare TX723 .R86 1997
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LIBRA - Rare TX723 .R86 1997 Malgieri copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ruggerio, David.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cooking, Italian.
- Italian Americans--New York (State)--New York--Social life and customs.
- Italian Americans.
- Manners and customs.
- Little Italy (Manhattan, New York, N.Y.)--Social life and customs.
- Little Italy (Manhattan, New York, N.Y.).
- New York (State)--New York.
- Penn Provenance:
- Grad, Laurie Burrows (donor)
- Malgieri, Nick (donor) (Malgieri Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 231 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 26 cm
- Manufacture:
- Verona, Italy : Printed and bound by Arte Grafica, s.p.a.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Artisan [a division of Workman Publishing Company], [1997]
- Summary:
- David Ruggerio tours New York's Little Italy, exploring and celebrating traditional Italian-American family recipes. The delicious offerings include such dishes as Grilled Vegetable Pizza, Fusilli with Spicy Tomato Sauce and Sausage, Pumpkin Gnocchi, Orecchiette with Peas and Prosciutto, Parmesan Mashed Potatoes, Polenta with Ragu of Wild Mushrooms, and Amaretto-Chocolate Cheese cake - dishes that are easy to cook and fun to eat. The book also includes illustrated features on the bakeries, pastry shops, and pizza restaurants unique to Little Italy. With evocative photographs of the people and places that represent Little Italy for Ruggerio - from Coney Island to Mulberry Street - Little Italy Cookbook invites us to enjoy the culture and cuisine he loves.
- Contents:
- Nonna
- Mulberry Street
- Sheepshead Bay
- Mimmo's Garden
- La Caccia
- La Festa
- Dolci
- Amici
- Basic Recipes.
- Notes:
- "'Little Italy Cookbook' is the companion volume to the public television series 'Little Italy with David Ruggerio'."--Dust jacket.
- "Designed by Alexandra Maldonado."
- "Typefaces in this book are Bauer Bodoni, Cafe Mimi and Delectables."
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Presented to the Penn Libraries by Laurie Burrows Grad.
- Nick Malgieri Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Nick Malgieri.
- Malgieri Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Malgieri Collection copy dust jacket has gold sticker "Based on the public television series 'Little Italy with David Ruggerio' on front cover.
- Malgieri Collection copy is "First Printing".
- ISBN:
- 1885183542 :
- OCLC:
- 36783810
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Laurie Burrows Grad Collection Home Page
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