Italian Cook Book by Pellegrino Artusi


Italian Cook Book
Title : Italian Cook Book
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ISBN : 1614272875
ISBN-10 : 9781614272878
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 252
Publication : First published April 18, 2012

2012 Reprint of 1945 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. At the age 71, Artusi completed his cookbook, but could not find a publisher. So he used his own money to self-publish, selling a thousand copies of the first edition in four years. Soon, however, the cookbook caught on, and before Artusi died, more than 200,000 copies had been sold. Filled with amusing anecdotes as well as recipes, the book is a perennial best seller in Italy, and has been translated into Spanish, Dutch, German and English, and most recently, Portuguese. The most important reason for Artusi's continued popularity, is that the book is fun. Artusi was a bon-vivant, a noted raconteur, and a celebrated host; he knew many of the leading figures of his day and read widely in the arts and sciences. Almost half his recipes contain anecdotes or snippets of advice on subjects as varied as regional dialects and public health: While you may open the book to find out how to make Minestrone or a German cake, you will probably read on to find out how Artusi escaped cholera, or what the Austrian troops who occupied Northern Italy in the 1840's were like.

Italian Cook Book Reviews

  • Becky

    Essentially the Mrs Beaton of Italian cookery, Artusi was a Tuscan businessman who spent a good deal of time on his favourite hobby, cookery the results were his The Science of Cooking and the Art of Living Well a cookbook that drew inspiration from the regional cuisine of most of italy. This cookbook is a 1945 reworking of some of the original book. As you would expect the majority of the recipes are simple and yet sound utterly delicious, the instructions are mostly clear and there is both a list of ingredients and a method for each.
    I have yet to try any of the recipes at home, but am sure that they will go down well with my family when I do.

  • Martin

    This is Artusi stripped to the bone, (pun intended), no introduction, nothing, just straight into the recipes, and without any of the flourishes and anecdotal style of the original book from which they were taken. This is Artusi for the kitchen, for the cook, even the chef, who wants to read just recipes, and read the stories in the original when he/she has some leisure time.