Cucina & Famiglia: Two Italian Families Share Their Stories, Recipes, And Traditions

by Joan T. Tucci, Gianni Scappin, Mimi S. Taft

The mother and teacher of Big Night star Stanley Tucci present more than two hundred delicious, easy-to-prepare, and most importantly, authentic, Italian, recipes ranging from Stuffed Mushrooms to Chicken Cacciatore. 25,000 first printing.

Genres: Cookbooks, Food

352 pages, Hardcover

First published October 6, 1999

Reviews

[Fred Jenkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

First book of 2024. I got this when it first came out and have used it many times. You can just read it, if you don't like to cook. There are a lot of great stories about Italian family life and the role of food in it. For New Year's Day dinner I made Ditalini e Fagioli, one of my favorite recipes in the book (Joe Belfiore, who ran the local Italian hole in the wall when I was growing up, would call it pasta fazu). I am not sure about sitting down to read books like this through, although you could this one. They generally end up being a dialogue over time, as you try out and adapt recipes to your liking (and sometimes go back to the original version). Get it and eat something good!