Two Meatballs in the Italian Kitchen | Pino Luongo, Mark Strausman

Two Meatballs in the Italian Kitchen | Pino Luongo, Mark Strausman | A wonderful gift for our son's fiancee

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	Two Meatballs in the Italian Kitchen Pino Luongo, Mark Strausman Artisan, 2007 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 11 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

When two great chefs?buddies and business partners for twenty-odd years?decide to write a cookbook about the simple Italian food they love, you get decades of experience, sage advice, and wonderful recipes. And you also get a few great arguments thrown in along the way, as Pino and Mark debate the right way to make everything from meatballs to pot roast to eggplant parmigiana.

Of course, the issue is not whose recipes are better?Pino and Mark would be first to praise each other's food. And it's not about a right or wrong way. It's about preferences in ingredients, technique, and approach.

Pino, a native of Tuscany cooking in America, is a purist. His food is grounded in tradition. Mark, a New Yorker, loves the Italian-American cooking he grew up with. Each has his favorite recipes (see back cover) and his own way, but they're bonded by a shared philosophy that the simplest food is the best, and a shared desire to please families, friends, and loyal customers with food that makes them happy.

So here are nearly 150 delicious recipes representing the best of Italian and Italian-American cooking from not one master but two, with text that teaches, dialogue that's lively, and photography that's gorgeous. There's no question about who reaps the rewards of their friendly competition?it's the reader, hands down. Whether you make...Pino's Oven-Braised Lamb and Artichokes with Oven-Roasted New Potatoes and Spring Onions or Mark's Braised Holiday Capon with Sweet Potatoes and Roasted Brussels SproutsMark's Chopped Roman Salad or Pino's classic Caesar SaladPino's Mushroom Risotto or Mark's Farro with Button Mushrooms, Cherry Tomatoes, and Goat CheeseMark's Pears in Vin Santo with sweet Polenta or Pino's Neapolitan Cheesecake
...the end result is the same?unpretentious food that is timelessly pleasing. This is home cooking at its very best.

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Pass me a fork!

Recipes to warm the heart and soul. Pino and Mark do a great job of letting you know their cooking is sincere. You just want run to the kitchen and try these recipes on your family and friends.

A wonderful gift for our son's fiancee

We bought "Two Meatballs..." for our daughter-in-law to be, who is of Italian heritage and quite the young cook. She loves it! The day after Christmas my sister and I went to her apartment to make pasta from scratch. We had a rollicking good time and a wonderful bonding experience. "Two Meatballs ..." was our guide to creating the most luscious pasta I have ever eaten. We are looking forward to more cooking fun together, creating the dishes showcased in this terrific cookbook.

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Italian is the way to go and of course with two meatballs.

Two meatballs is a very delicious cookbook. I have made four or five recipes. My family loved all of them. It is also very nicely illustrated.
I'm going to make the tuscan pot roast the next time I have friends over.

Great book

I bought this book a few months ago and I have made 4 or 5 recipes out of it so far. I am very pleased. I have been a fan of Mark for years, ever since I saw him on the martha stewart show, and I have been using his tomato sauce recipe ever since.

Great book, highly recommend it.

my husband and i both love this book!

I've made the different pot roast recipes from this, my husband some meatloaf dishes - we both love this cookbook. I look through and find good ideas and inspiration for dinner, my husband enjoys the back and forth commentary on food preperation and tastes. The recipes are clear, all our dishes have turned out delicious - none have been difficult or terrible time consuming.

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