I was fortunate to work for Chef Pino Posteraro at his excellent Vancouver restaurant, so I know him well and have huge respect for him. This book is subtitled ‘A Lifetime of Excellence in the Kitchen’, and that is apt. … Read More
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged chestnut, cookbook, grapefruit, italian, recipes, vancouver | 1 CommentI once worked at a very fine Italian restaurant in Vancouver, and was inspired by its celebrated chef Umberto Menghi to learn more about the Italian way of cooking. ‘The Complete Italian Cookbook’ is one of the books I picked … Read More
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged italian, panna cotta, pasta, recipes | Leave a commentA long time ago I worked as a sous-chef in an elegant Italian restaurant, with the motto ‘If it is harvested today, it is eaten today’. It was an inspirational job, and I wanted to learn about classic Italian food; … Read More
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