David Ruggerio's Italian Kitchen: Family Recipes from the Old Country

by David Ruggerio, Maura McEvoy (Photographer)

As he did so lovingly in Little Italy Cookbook, his joyful evocation of Italian-American neighborhoods and cooking, David Ruggerio, multistarred chef, restaurateur, and television personality, invites you into the kitchen--this time to the family kitchens of the old country, Naples and Sicily. The son of a Neapolitan mother and a Sicilian father, Ruggerio is 100 percent Neapolitan in emotion--passionate and fun-loving--and Sicilian in character--deep and soulful. From these contrasting strains comes David Ruggerio's Italian Kitchen, a family album filled with more than 150 lamb roasted with the Mediterranean's finest olives, chicken baked in clay, fish roasted in a paper bag, Aunt Philomena's pasta with sardines, the famous Sunday gravy, Easter sweet rolls. Stunning photographs of food, family, and countryside, along with charming stories of old country traditions, make David Ruggerio's Italian Kitchen the heart and soul of old country family cooking.

248 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1999

About the author

Oh yes, my friends, at one point in my life, I was a much-celebrated celebrity chef. I honed my culinary skills in France at several of the country's leading restaurants. Among them, the Hotel Negresco with Jacques Maximin; Moulin de Mougins with Roger Verge; Les Pres d'Eugenie with the mythic Michel Guerard, and l'Auberge du Pont de Collonges with the iconic Paul Bocuse. I was honored in 1995 by noted vintner Robert Mondavi as one of the best thirteen Rising Star Chef in America, in the first year of this national awards program.

My experience also includes being the chef and partner of Pierre Cardin's New York Maxims. Yes, that's the same Pierre Cardin with cologne and everything else in the world! With Cardin, I was instrumental in the expansion of Maxim as a brand in restaurants and hotels. I also was the executive chef of the famed Le Caravelle ( I was only 25 at the time-go and figure) and executive chef and owner of Park Avenue's Le Chantilly. All three restaurants received numerous national accolades.

I authored two acclaimed cookbooks, "Little Italy with David Ruggerio" and "David Ruggerio's Italian Kitchen." I hosted my own PBS cooking series; "Little Italy with David Ruggerio." and went on to host my own cooking series on TV Food Network entitled “Ruggerio To Go”(check out some of the episodes on my Youtube channel, they'll make you smile).

I have a wonderfully scary upcoming horror novel entitled; "A Wistful Tale of Gods, Men, and Monsters, which will be released on Halloween Eve of 2019. Could you pick a better day to release a horror novel? Boo!

For more about me, my ongoing escapades, and upcoming events and give-aways please visit my personal website:
www.davidruggerio.com

I've recently explored my passion for cheese, to see what's up with my cheesy adventures please visit;
www.canvasbackfarms.com.

As you can surmise with my upcoming horror novel, I love to be scared, to enjoy my horrible thoughts, including which horror movie I consider the greatest, please visit;
www.mrruggeriosneighborhood.com

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Happy Cooking
Dave

Reviews

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am a cookbook collector and this is one of my favorites. Very well-rounded collection of all types of Italian recipes...from simple to advanced techniques, inexpensive to delectable ingredients. Love, love, love cooking out of this cookbook SO much that I don't even alter the recipes, and for me, THAT'S HUGE!!! Not to mention, the pictures and stories are beautiful...really makes you want to move to Italy!