Italian Rustic

A celebration of Tuscan farmhouse style, with practical advice on how to bring the look home. For anyone who has ever dreamed of living under the Tuscan sun, Italian Rustic is the next best thing--a step-by-step guide to recreating the romance and appeal of the weathered Italian farmhouse. This nuts-and-bolts guide to building Italian-style walks the reader through all the elements that make the rustic Italian home so unique, from the hand-laid stone walls to the artisanal stucco wall finishes. Author Elizabeth Minchilli, an American design writer based in Rome and Tuscany, received dozens of questions from readers after publishing her last book, Artisan's Restoring a Home in Italy. The queries went beyond the usual searches for fabric and couches. "People were hungry to know how terra-cotta tiles were laid, or how fireplaces were built," she says. Italian Rustic, researched with the help of her Italian architect husband, is the user-friendly result: a book that explains, in clear text accompanied by photographs and drawings, how to lay a tile floor a la Italiana, or add a Tuscan-style pergola to any garden. With more than 300 stunning photographs shot on location in Tuscany and Umbria, the book contains profiles of local artisans, engaging text on how the farmhouse style evolved, and targeted advice on how Americans can find Italian-style building materials and craftsmen close to home. This essential sourcebook will appeal to anyone building an addition or an entire house from scratch, or for homeowners who want to add just a touch of Italian style to their houses.

Bring the bold and beloved flavors of Italy into your kitchen with this enticing collection of authentic dishes made modern. Domenica Marchetti is back with her stellar Italian cooking and more great recipes in Rustic Italian. With over 80 recipes for simple, seasonal Italian fare, exquisite hand-painted illustrations, and gorgeous full-color photography, this book celebrates an irresistible cuisine and will inspire home cooks everywhere. This expanded version of the 2011 title features more than 20 new recipes—such as burrata with shaved fennel and pink grapefruit, tagliatelle with juniper-spiced short rib ragu, creamy lemon risotto with asparagus, and roasted swordfish with Ligurian herb sauce—along with new illustrations and photography. Domenica’s narrative notes and suggested wine pairings accompany every recipe. An ingredient glossary, comprehensive guide to salumi and cheese, and an Italian wine primer round out this gorgeous cookbook.

From acclaimed Philadelphia chef Marc Vetri comes a celebration of handcrafted, regional Italian cooking that advocates a hands-on, back-to-the-basics approach to cooking. Slow-cooked meats, homemade breads, and flavorful pastas are the traditional comfort-food classics that Italians have been roasting, baking, curing, and making in their own kitchens for generations--dishes that people actually want to cook and eat. Home cooks of every skill level will revel in the 120 recipes, such as sweet Fig and Chestnut Bread, rich Spinach and Ricotta Gnocchi, savory Slow-Roasted Lamb Shoulder, and fragrant Apple Fritters. But Rustic Italian Food is much more than just a collection of recipes. With detailed, step-by-step instructions for making terrines, dry-cured salami, and cooked sausage; a thorough guide to bread and pasta making; and a primer on classic Italian preserves and sauces, Rustic Italian Food is also an education in kitchen fundamentals. In this book Marc Vetri connects us directly to the essence of Italian food.

In Mark McEwan's Fabbrica, celebrity chef Mark McEwan turns his very able hand to Italian cooking-the world's most universally appealing cuisine. Many of the recipes included were developed at his newest hit restaurant, Fabbrica. Others have evolved from McEwan's Italian favourites from the past at his critically acclaimed restaurants North 44, Bymark and One. And some come direct from the McEwan family table. All of them have been written with the home cook in mind, which is to say with great flexibility-right down to including instructions for alternate ingredients. The range of dishes offers something for everyone, from simple panini, pizza and pasta to wonderful salads, risottos, and authentic Italian fish, meat and poultry dishes. Many recipes can be prepared in a flash; others take a bit more time and are ideal for the weekend with family and friends. What they all have in common is great flavour.

The co-host of the PBS series Everyday Food draws from her own Italian-American heritage to present a collection of her own favorite recipes for authentic home-style dishes, including Miniature Meatball Panini, Linguini with Clams, Stracciatella, Chicken Milanese, Espresso Granita, and other appetizers, main courses, pastas, soups, and desserts.

From acclaimed Philadelphia chef Marc Vetri comes a celebration of handcrafted, regional Italian cooking that advocates a hands-on, back-to-the-basics approach to cooking. Slow-cooked meats, homemade breads, and flavorful pastas are the traditional comfort-food classics that Italians have been roasting, baking, curing, and making in their own kitchens for generations--dishes that people actually want to cook and eat. Home cooks of every skill level will revel in the 120 recipes, such as sweet Fig and Chestnut Bread, rich Spinach and Ricotta Gnocchi, savory Slow-Roasted Lamb Shoulder, and fragrant Apple Fritters. But Rustic Italian Food is much more than just a collection of recipes. With detailed, step-by-step instructions for making terrines, dry-cured salami, and cooked sausage; a thorough guide to bread and pasta making; and a primer on classic Italian preserves and sauces, Rustic Italian Food is also an education in kitchen fundamentals. In this book Marc Vetri connects us directly to the essence of Italian food.

Cucina Rustica, the "rustic kitchen," as interpreted by he authors, is Italian food at its freshest, simplest, and most satisfying. It is a celebration of the pleasures of unpretentious cooking - earthy, nourishing food that takes its inspiration for the Italian classics we all adore and translates them into elegant dishes for today's busy kitchen and modern table. In 250 recipes the authors prove that food with great taste and style can undemanding and easy to prepare. They offer: An innovative array of antipasti from broiled cheeses topped with woodsy mushrooms to artichokes marinated in lemon and thyme. Amazingly quick soups of garden-fresh tomatoes and Arborio rice, or wild mushrooms with Marsala over crostini. Main-course salads such as chicken with mozzarella and vegetables, and summery salads with sweet shrimp, yellow peppers, green beans and basil Skewers of shrimp, veal and sausage perfumed with herbs and grilled over glowing coals. Pastas with unique and ways-to prepare sauces: fusfulli with grilled vegetables, pasta with fresh tuna and mint, perciatelli with pancetta and red wine. Rustic cakes and elegant mascarpone flavored with espresso and chocolate; the ultimate tiramisu; luscious figs braised in honey and wine. Plus a special section on ingredients and techniques for marinating everything from radicchio and olives to sardines, peppers,, mushrooms, onions, and more. Whether you're a novice or an experienced cook, these are the kinds of recipes that will become much loved standbys, providing dozens of memorable meals.

A collection of 80 recipes, including cakes, cookies and Italian crostatas.