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A Taste Of Venice: At Table With Brunetti (2009)

by Donna Leon(Favorite Author)

3.76 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0434020192 (ISBN13: 9780434020195)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

William Heinemann

review 1: The concept of this book was intriguing--a cookbook that gives us recipes for some of the fictional Paola Brunetti's culinary concoctions from the Donna Leon series of books set in Venice. The recipes are not meant to be exotic, and to residents of that watery city by the sea, I don't suppose they are. But to inland residents of America they seem unattainable. Partly this may be because the ingredients must be absolutely fresh. There are not many ingredients in these simple home-made meals, so perfection in taste comes from exquisite ingredients. In the summer, this book might make an interesting addition to one's repertoire. In the winter, one can only dream.
review 2: This is indeed a cookbook! Vegetarians, beware . . . Venetians are omnivores, and do love me... moreat dishes; however, Robera Pianaro has compiled an excellent collection of Venetian recipes that tells the story of dining in Venice, whether it be in the Brunetti family's dining room or a trattoria somewhere in Venice. This is a wonderful companion to the Commissario Brunetti series, because food plays such an important role in Leon's telling of Brunetti's life solving crime, usually murders, in the watery world of Venice. The recipes are simplicity themselves. Excerpts from the Brunetti series are scattered throughout the cookbook, as well as other original observations by Leon. Pianaro and Leon are fast friends, as well. less

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