Nick Stellino S Glorious Italian Cooking

Known for his "trademark exuberance" (Publishers Weekly), Nick Stellino has captivated public television viewers and authored several acclaimed cookbooks. Now Nick Stellino's Glorious Italian Cooking offers recipes for such dishes as...Crostini * Artichoke Saute * Marinated Fruit Salad * Chicken with Orange Cream Sauce * Potato Pizza * Apricot Chicken * Risotto with Four Cheeses * Uncle Gaetano's Caesar Salad * Vegetarian Stuffing * Pasta Alla Vodka * Raspberry Tiramisu * and moreThis cookbook helps even the novice cook prepare authentic Italian cuisine of unsurpassed quality. With personal stories and valuable cooking and serving tips, Nick Stellino celebrates his love for family and friends, for a heritage rich in tradition, for the romance of Italy, and for the bounties of the table.

The popular PBS-television chef presents a compilation of recipes and anecdotes, in an illustrated volume that introduces more than one hundred original dishes, accompanied by preparation tips and presentation suggestions.

The launch of Nick Stellino's "Cucina Amore" on public television stations marked the debut of a new kind of television chef and a new style of cooking show. The authentic trattoria setting and casual, relaxed atmosphere allow viewers to feel as if they are actually dining with their host while being entertained with stories about his beloved grandmother, Nonna Maria, his perfectionist father, Don Vincenzo, his mother, Massimilliana, and his brother and partner-in-mischief, Mario--all the while learning how to re-create the authentic Italian dishes he was taught to make at home. This companion cookbook, "Cucina Amore, brings you all the warmth, love, and culinary delights that have made Nick Stellino so successful. Here you will find one hundred simple and delicious recipes--ranging from Caponata to Wild Mushroom Salad, Ossobuco to Country Style Roasted Potatoes, and Sicilian Cheesecake to Tiramisu--along with all of Nick's wonderful family memories, and the secrets he has learned both at home and as a professional chef to make the cooking both simple and foolproof. And for the first time in any cookbook, we have included a CD of delightful Italian dinner music to inspire the cook's creativity and enhance the diners' pleasure. For Nick Stellino, cooking for others is a joy and a celebration, and with this music he is inviting all home chefs, their families, and their guests to join in the festivities. With the versatility and perennial popularity of Italian food, and the growing awareness of the Mediterranean diet as a healthy way of eating, "Cucina Amore is a cookbook you will turn to again and again.

In this all-new collection of more than 150 original recipes, Nick introduces the wonderful flavors of France, Spain, Greece, Morocco, Turkey, the Middle East and, of course, Italy through recipes that are easy, elegant and bursting with great taste. He streamlines complicated cooking techniques and uses readily available ingredients as he brings the flavor of the Mediterranean to familiar foods. Whether you're making Moroccan Chicken with Olives or Timbale of Pasta "Margherita", Spanish Crostini or Portuguese Green Soup, this is simple fare with an exotic flair. From soups, appetizers and main courses to pastas, vegetables and desserts, Nick Stellino's Mediterranean Flavors is perfect for everyday cooking or special occasions.

Nick Stellino presents contemporary interpretations of over one hundred recipes for Italian comfort foods, including pasta, gnocchi, risotto, pizza, and panini.