The Cooking of Italy

Book Description

“Introduces the different culinary regions of Italy and presents many kids of recipes for traditional Italian dishes”.

Locricchio begins with an introduction to the geography of Italy. Each region of Italy has produced several recipes that are unique to that region. He then provides information about safety in the kitchen and basic definitions of cooking terms that are used throughout the text. Several chapters catalogue Italian cuisine containing recipes that will appear familiar to children, but are also easy enough for children to make themselves with adult supervision. Special instructions concerning how to cook pasta and how to prepare pizza dough that are included in the chapter “Pasta, Pizza, and Polenta” will be beneficial to cooks of any age. Each recipe includes a brief introduction to the dish as well as the Italian name for the dish. Illustrations appear throughout, showing the finished product or certain steps that may be difficult to follow without illustrations. A section concerning kitchen equipment and utensils and essential ingredients in Italian cooking follow the last chapter. Also included are an index and a metric conversion chart.

中文：

书名：意大利的烹饪

介绍意大利不同的烹饪地区，并展示许多传统意大利菜肴的食谱。

洛里奇奥从介绍意大利的地理开始。意大利的每个地区都制作了几种该地区独一无二的食谱。然后，他提供了关于厨房安全的信息，以及全文中使用的烹饪术语的基本定义。有几章对意大利菜肴进行了分类，其中包含的食谱对孩子们来说似乎很熟悉，但也足够容易让孩子们在成年人的监督下做出自己的菜。关于如何烹调意大利面和如何制作披萨面团的特别说明，包括在《意大利面、披萨和玉米粥》一章中，对任何年龄的厨师都是有益的。每道菜谱都包括对这道菜的简要介绍以及这道菜的意大利名字。插图贯穿始终，显示最终产品或某些步骤，如果没有插图，可能很难遵循这些步骤。在最后一章之后，有一节介绍了厨房设备和用具以及意大利烹饪中的基本配料。还包括一份指数和一份公制换算图表。