Shelley Lindgren

This is no ordinary Italian cookbook….. The recipes are more than imaginative and although they border on luscious elegance, I had ever heard of any of them prior to reading this book! They are also very time consuming and difficult to prepare, the ingredients are not easily found.
Here is a sampling: Fried surf clams w/ agrodolce, onion, fennel & cherry pepper salad; Fava bean agnolotti w/ mashed black truffle; Venison loin w/ parsnips & huckleberry vinaigrette; Beer-braised pork cheeks w/ escarole; Fontina & mushroom tortelli w/ black truffle fonduta…..
The layout is wordy and rather boring, especially when it comes to the descriptions of the various areas & wines of Italy. This is not a book I would attempt to cook from nor purchase.
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