Rao's Recipes from the Neighborhood: Frank Pellegrino Cooks Italian with Family and Friends

by Frank Pellegrino, Mimi Sheraton (Foreword), Matthew Klein (Photographer)

With Rao's Recipes from the Neighborhood , Frank Pellegrino-of New York's celebrated East Harlem restaurant Rao's-returns to what he knows authentic Italian food. With over one hundred recipes and beautifully illustrated with both full-color and vintage black & white photographs, Rao's Cooks For The Neighborhood is Pellegrino's tribute to the place he grew up and the women who taught him how to cook. From Ida's baked chicken to Rose Milano's Spaghetti Frittata, everything a home cook needs to reproduce their favorite home-style meals is in this book.

This classic cookbook is filled with newly discovered recipes of generations past, as well as holiday cooking, kitchen secrets, and some of the favorite menu items from Rao's. It's a love story devoted to Italian family cooking and its heritage. Every single dish is easy to prepare and satisfying to eat. Rao's Recipes from the Neighborhood will be eagerly awaited by readers who loved The Rao's Cookbook , but will also attract new fans who have come to know Rao's through the successful national brand of sauces sold throughout the U.S.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Italian Literature, Nonfiction

196 pages, Hardcover

First published November 4, 2004

Reviews

[Amy L · Rating 4 out of 5]

What is it about Rao’s that no one can get a reservation? And if you’re fortunate enough to be one of the chosen few who get a table, they tell you when to show up! I wanted to know the secret to their Sunday Sauce, why everyone raves about it, despite the $10 a jar cost. Turns out that their Sunday sauce is almost exactly like my mother’s: same ingredients, same process! I enjoyed this book; it was an interesting read, lots of great anecdotes and family recipes that I can’t wait to try.

[Yaaresse · Rating 4 out of 5]

The two Rao's cookbooks I have are proof there is so much more to good Italian food than lasagna and
spaghetti. The recipes aren't complicated or difficult, but the results taste like they were.

[Gina · Rating 3 out of 5]

The best of their cookbooks. Laid out well with more accessible and tasty recipes.

[Kathy Peveler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Since no one can get into Rao's this book allows us to taste what everybody's talking about. Great recipe for Sunday Gravy.

[Joyce · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has been sitting on my shelf read, but not cooked from for years. Something's very wrong here that must be rectified right now.