Lidia's Family Table. More Than 200 Fabulous Recipes to Enjoy Every Day With Wonderful Ideas for Variations and Improvisations

Customer Reviews

Solved the puzzle

2008-02-11
This cookbook is awesome! Not only did it solve the problems I was having when making pasta (that EVERY pasta recipe should have covered!), but it is also full of EXCELLENT recipes for the sauces to finish the pasta and vegetable recipes that are simple but fabulous! I've cooked a long time and collected hundreds of cookbooks, but this one is at the top of my favorites!

Nancy - Madera Canyon AZ

TV Show GREAT! Cookbook OK.

2007-10-17
I purchased this book for a friend and he found some of the recipes require too much prep work. I think he made 3 things out of this book before putting it away. On the other hand, we love to watch her cooking shows and get ideas from them. Her TV shows are great. This book is so so.

Wonderful Basic Italian Cookbook

2007-09-01
I really liked the completeness of her recipies, with lots of cooking tips and techniques so the book could be used by a beginning cook or a veteran in the kitchen. For me the directions were a bit wordy to want to use the book a lot, but once the techniques are learned, I feel like I can be creative and use this as a quick reference.

Wonderful Book as with her others

2007-07-08
I love this book as well as Lidia's other books, not only the receips but the heartfelt stories.Beautiful colorful pictures, easy receipes.

Excellent cookbook!

2007-05-13
If you love to cook, you'll love this cookbook. The directions are a breeze to follow, with photographs of some of the techniques. The recipes are fab, and there is room to be creative. Being a fan of the PBS series, it's great to see a show, then be able to go to the book and re-create the recipe. Generally, after seeing a cooking show, making the shown meal isn't really in the cards. But, like Delia Smith's series and books, Lidia gives the same quality and access to her art. I highly recommend this book.

Terriffice Book

2007-05-07
Lidia's Family Table by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich"The best-loved and most-admired of all AmericaÆs television cooks today, Lidia Bastianich, now gives us her most generous, instructive, and creative cookbook. The emphasis here is on cooking for the fami

A new favorite cookbook

2007-04-08
I've enjoyed Lidia's Public TV cooking program for years, and now have recently read her cookbook. It's a real testament to Italian home cooking being the glue holding a family together. The editors kindly allow Lidia's voice to come through her writing so saliently that I could imagine her telling the stories and sharing the historical information abou the foods as she cooks them. A real winner for those seeking to change up their typical Italian dishes for tastier, more interesting choices.

wonderful seasonal Italian cooking

2007-04-08
Cooking seasonally is all the rage now and makes perfect sense - the Italians have been doing it for ages and Lidia does just that with this book. She takes basic ingredients and really makes them sing with relatively simple (but well thought out) preparations. Of all the chapters, I think I love and use the vegetable chapter the most. There are lots of idea for quick ways to make the same old vegetables in creative and easy ways. My children love her Broccoli and Cauliflower Gratinatee which is very easy to do. I like alot of the desserts too - especially the fruit crostata and the peach lasagna (made with old bread instead of pasta - genius!)

Italian Cooking

2007-03-11
I received this wonderful book and what a surprise! Instructions from beginning to end in each receipe with an opportunity to be creative. The information provided indicates the ease of cooking great Italian meals and suggestions of cooking utensils and ingrediants. Enjoy the read and cooking.

excellent cook book

2007-03-08
I just love everything about this cook book. The recipes are easy to follow and the end result is always delicious