Simple Italian Cookery

<p>A quality reissue of the first Italian cookbook to be published in the United States. And you thought Italian food was all about pizza macaroni and garlic?</p><p> </p><p>Well think again! This little cookbook introduces a wide variety of Italian culinary delights. It includes recipes for soups all kinds of pasta rice dishes sauces eggs fish vegetables meats salads and desserts.</p><p> </p><p> As the title suggests Simple Italian Cookery shows you how to prepare classic Italian dishes in a straightforward manner. This book of Italian recipes was compiled by an authority and is most practical.</p><p> </p><p>The table of contents brings up mental pictures of those attractive little Italian inns where gnocchi and ravioli are prepared over a tiny charcoal fire which the cooks fan into a blaze.</p><p> </p><p>The American housekeeper will find many interesting and valuable suggestions for new ways of cooking even the most familiar food. -Harper's Bazaar Volume 46 January 1912</p><p> </p><p>In 1912 when Antonia Isola published Simple Italian Cookery Italian food was virtually unknown in the United States. Many people thought the Italian diet consisted only of garlic and oil.</p><p> </p><p>This book was written to give Americans a glimpse into a new style of cooking. The book contains recipes for soups meats vegetables desserts and of course pasta.</p><p> </p><p>Many interesting suggestions for preparing all sorts of soups meats vegetables and sweets. The book shows that Italian cookery is far from being all garlic and macaroni. -The New York Times</p><p> </p>