Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

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Available from Book Larder when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

A handsome new edition of one of the most beloved cookbooks of all time, by “the Queen of Italian Cooking” ( Chicago Tribune ), featuring new forewords by Lidia Bastianich and Victor Hazan Marcella Hazan introduced Americans to a whole new world of Italian food. In this, her magnum opus, she gives us a manual for cooks of every level of expertise—from beginners to accomplished professionals. From Pasta e Fagioli to the only tomato sauce you’ll ever need (the secret ingredient: butter), from Riso