Everyone Is Italian on Sunday

by Rachael Ray

Overview

“This book is the single most important work of my life. It represents decades of enjoying and working with food and the people I love most in this world.” —Rachael

If you’re like Rachael Ray, you’ll agree that there is something comforting and heartwarming about a heaping plate of perfectly cooked spaghetti with moist and tender meatballs covered in a luscious, dark-red tomato sauce. Now, in Everyone Is Italian on Sunday, Rachael invites you into her home to share her family’s culinary history and the recipes that have shaped her life and career.

For Rachael, Italian food—spinach gnocchi, linguine puttanesca, chicken saltimbocca, pizza capricciosa—has the power to summon cherished, happy memories. In this one indispensable book, she has brought together signature recipes for the traditional Italian staples that she grew up with and still cooks for her family and friends today. From arancini to saffron gnocchetti sardi, from small bites to hearty meals, from her sister’s favorite Italian desserts to her husband’s Italian ingredient-inspired cocktails, here is a treasury of delicious dishes to prepare with love and devour with gusto.

Classic Italian cooking has always been the foundation of almost every meal that Rachael prepares, and she hopes that you and your family, friends, and neighbors will love savoring everything that Italian cooking has to offer. Italian Sundays are all about bringing people together and creating wonderful memories while enjoying the pleasures of great homemade food.

So pull up a chair at Rachael’s kitchen table and experience the magic of an Italian Sunday!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476766072
Publisher:	Atria Books
Publication date:	10/27/2015
Pages:	408
Sales rank:	426,861
Product dimensions:	10.20(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Rachael Ray is a New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty cookbooks. She is the host of the Food Network’s 30 Minute Meals and Rachael Ray’s Kids Cook-Off, as well as the Cooking Channel’s and the Food Network’s Week in a Day. She is also the star of the syndicated talk show Rachael Ray; founder and editorial director of her own lifestyle magazine, Every Day with Rachael Ray; and founder of the Yum-o! organization.

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Everyone Is Italian on Sunday

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Editorial Reviews

11/02/2015
Celebrity chef Ray calls this meaty compendium of home-style Italian recipes the most personal and important of her career, and that sense of emotional significance shines through. Ray’s headnotes are as bubbly and enthusiastic as ever, but the recipes showcase more ambitious ingredients and techniques. Drawing on her Italian heritage, she delves into both traditional and Americanized cuisines to come up with a list of hearty eats, ideal for indulgent weekends: toasted spaghetti minestra with Tuscan kale, pear and pecorino ravioli, and braised brisket with almond gremolata. Though there are few 30-minute solutions here, fans will recognize plenty of Ray-style remixes in fontina gougères; Italian-sausage burgers with provolone and broccoli rabe; and parmigiano reggiano french toast. The dessert section is surprisingly thin, albeit sophisticated (almond-fig biscotti, blood orange cake). Ray’s husband, John Cusimano, chimes in with his favorite takes on Italian cocktails (an Amalfi-Tini with limoncello and orange bitters, for instance), which add a nice dimension. For those who are looking for a new angle , this cookbook satisfies in spades. Photos. (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly

11/15/2015
Food Network star and best-selling author Ray (Week in a Day) calls this cookbook the single most important work of her life. Like Emeril Lagasse's Essential Emeril and other celebrity chef retrospectives, it swells with recipes she considers personally and professionally significant. These range from upscale brunch dishes (truffle eggs and grilled brioche with warm taleggio and honey) to hearty pastas (penne with pumpkin and sausage) to crowd-pleasing comfort foods (the ultimate pulled-pork sandwiches), a few credited to Italian cooking authority Marcella Hazan. Ray's husband and sister contribute Italian-inspired cocktails and desserts. VERDICT Jam-packed with recipes for family gatherings, Ray's latest offers her followers variety and abundance. Compared to her previous publications, this title is lighter on photographs and time-management advice. Public libraries should expect demand.

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