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The Tucci Cookbook (2012)

by Stanley Tucci(Favorite Author)

4 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1451661258 (ISBN13: 9781451661255)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

Gallery Books

review 1: I've always loved Italian food, but after reading Stanley Tucci's "The TUCCI Cookbook" I understood why. Inspired by his movie "Big Night" it included some of the dishes he created for the film and under the tutelage of chef Gianni Scappin. In addition to recipes and historical information contributed by his parents and other family members, Scappin was also one of the book's main contributors. Since wine is such an important accompaniment for Italian food, the book included a special section about the types of wine that're appropriate for each dish. At the end of most of the recipes there's a wine suggestion to aid the person preparing the meal too. Glamorous, full color photos especially brought the food to life for me as I read the book, and made it so vivid I could p... moreractically smell and taste everything presented on each page. It all looked and sounded so good I couldn't wait to try then, even if it meant brushing up on my cooking skills to make the more complex dishes. The way it was arranged to illustrate the way Italians eat a meal was also interesting to me and changed how I previously viewed dining. By the time I finished the book I felt Stanley Tucci had done an amazing job of immersing me in the culture he's so proud of and a wonderful advocate for.
review 2: A behemoth of a book, delivering to lovers of Italian food over 200 recipes, details of dozens of wine pairings and a lot of commentary to boot by Italian-American author and actor Stanley Tucci (The Devil Wears Prada, The Terminal, etc).This book is described as a love letter to his parents, to his Italian roots and to the entire Italian-American "experience", a combination of recipe book, history book and social commentary all wrapped up in a parcel like a piece of perfect pasta. Many books tend to feature some form of tribute or history, ascribed to the author's love and enthusiasm to their roots and being, yet not so many manage to make a lengthy, comprehensive section really readable and engaging. Even though you don't know the family and possibly don't know the background, you can begin to feel that you are a lot closer after reading this.Wine is an often misunderstood, under-utilised and wrongly-applied addition to a mealtime and here an engaging, informative section provides a clear, common-sense overview that might help you broaden your horizons and select wines to really enhance and highlight your meal. Of course, should you not imbibe, you can still enjoy the knowledge and understand the symmetrical relationship between wine and food. Should you imbibe, you can only benefit.Then it is on to the food, with the chapters split into appetisers and salads; soups; eggs; bread and pizza; pasta; rice and risotto; vegetables and side dishes; meat; poultry; fish and shellfish and finally deserts. Whilst there may be many familiar recipes within this book, there might be a different twist, a particular variation or some unknown nugget of knowledge waiting to be consumed. Many of the recipes show that simplicity can be often the best judge, with things like grilled mozzarella cheese coming to the fore as a prime example of a simple, yet addictive dish. Many top-flight colour photographs additionally make for mouth-watering encounters as you browse your way about.Fried pasta? Yes, fried pasta too. This name jumped out and this reviewer did a cartoon "double take" when he read that and had to be sure he wasn't daydreaming. Fortunately the recipes feature much commentary and background material to help reassure the reader, in this case, that it wasn't a terrible misprint. But once you start to think it through, it can make sense and, yummmmm!Each recipe is well-written and presented and contains nearly all the key information you might require (prep and cook time notwithstanding). Fortunately, for those of us who could lose a little weight, there are no pesky boxes with nutritional information to make you feel guilty. Perhaps this should have appeared as a discreet section at the back, so you could ignore it "by accident" but maybe at times you should and must treat yourself and just go forth, eyes closed. To further bolster the wine education given at the start of the book, wine pairings are also given as a suggestion.This book ends with a series of acknowledgements and an index but this review version was missing the latter pages, but one can imagine and expect the index to be fairly comprehensive it is following the general pattern shown within this book. The Italian food sub genre is an incredibly congested section in your typical bookstore, yet here the author has managed to carve out a credible, interesting corner for themselves that is clearly worthy of serious further consideration. The price tag might feel a bit too high, but you are getting potentially a lot for your money in return.The Tucci Cookbook, written by Stanley Tucci and published by Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9781451661255, 400 pages. Typical price: USD35. YYYYY.// This review appeared in YUM.fi and is reproduced here in full with permission of YUM.fi. YUM.fi celebrates the worldwide diversity of food and drink, as presented through the humble book. Whether you call it a cookery book, cook book, recipe book or something else (in the language of your choice) YUM will provide you with news and reviews of the latest books on the marketplace. // less

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