Author Description

Marcella's Italian Kitchen: A Cookbook (Spiral-bound)<br/>ISBN: 9780593802090<br/><br/>Biographical Note:<br/>MARCELLA HAZAN was born in Cesenatico, a fishing village on the Adriatic in Emilia-Romagna, Italy's foremost gastronomic region. After receiving her doctorates from the University of Ferrara in natural sciences and in biology, she lived and traveled throughout Italy. With the publication of The Classic Italian Cook Book and More Classic Italian Cooking (brought together in a single volume, Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking), her reputation as America's premier teacher of Italian cooking spread throughout the country. Hazan died in 2013.<br/><br/>Review Quotes:<br/>"The cookbook author who changed the way Americans cook Italian food." -- The New York Times,<br/>"The queen of Italian cooking." -- Chicago Tribune<br/>"If you could credit one person with introducing classic Italian food to the American public, it would have to be Marcella Hazan." -- Serious Eats<br/><br/>Publisher Marketing:<br/>An updated edition of the classic cookbook from the James Beard Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award-winner and "author who changed the way Americans cook Italian food" (The New York Times). With a new foreword by best-selling author Molly Baz. In this, her most personal book, Marcella Hazan welcomes home cooks into her kitchen to discover the intricacies of good Italian cooking--and her rules for getting it right. Across almost 250 timeless recipes, both beloved classics and less well-known regional delicacies, Hazan traverses the country from top to tip, imparting the secrets to replicating the true flavors of Italy at home.