American chef Jessica Theroux spent a year traveling throughout Italy, cooking and talking with Italian grandmothers, learning their secrets and listening to their stories. The result is a charming and authentic collection of recipes, techniques, anecdotes, and photographs that celebrate the rustic and sustainable culinary traditions of Italy’s most experienced home cooks.
Cooking with Italian Grandmothers features the histories, menus, and recipes of twelve grandmothers, each of whom welcomed Ms. Theroux into their kitchens and pantries and shared both their favorite dishes and personal wisdoms. From the dramatic winter shores of Ustica to the blooming hills of
Tuscany in spring, readers will journey through Italy’s most divers regions and seasons, to discover the country’s most delectable dishes, from the
traditional to the unexpected, and meet the storied women who make them.
Part travel diary, part photo essay, part cookbook, Cooking with Italian Grandmothers features over 100 time-honored recipes, from the perfect panna cotta to the classic meat lasagna.
Cooking with Italian Grandmothers
By Jessica Theroux
Introduction by Alice Waters
Drawings by Zach Hewitt
296 pages, 9 x 9
153 full color photographs
24 pen and ink drawings
Hardcover, $40.00 ($48.00 CAN)
ISBN 978-1-59962-089-3
On Sale: October
Cooking – Ita lian/photog raph y
Jessica Theroux is a chef and artist whose passion lies in building community and health by gathering people around the kitchen table. A photographer and filmmaker, in 2003 Jessica was awarded the Arnold Fellowship by Brown University to travel Italy and document food traditions. In 2005 she was nominated by Alice Waters of Chez Panisse for a year-long culinary fellowship at the Montalvo Arts Center. She is now a freelance chef, teaching cooking at the Esalen Institute, Montalvo Arts Center, in the public school system, and privately from her home.
Alice Waters is an internationally renowned chef and the co-owner of Chez Panisse, the restaurant where she helped define California cuisine. She is the Founder of Slow Food Nation, President of the Chez Panisse Foundation, and an International Governor of Slow Food International. For a complete LOOK INSIDE, to see a film Jessica made with with Carluccia from Calabria or to request an electronic image, excerpt, or interview with Jessica Theroux, please visit www.cookingwithitaliangrandmothers.com.
Source: Welcome Books