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Another 25,000 Member Giveaway – Italian Version

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The celebration continues! Throughout the month of March – I’ll be posting giveaways to celebrate exceeding 25,000 members in The Cookbook Junkies!

Today’s giveaway is Italian themed. One winner will receive a set of all four books, a second winner will receive a copy of My Kitchen In Rome and Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking (as I have two copies of each of these titles).

First up – Pasta by Antonio Carluccio is a beautiful title covering what else — all things pasta. Stunning photographs detail the shaping of a variety of pasta shapes. And countless recipes for pasta and sauce combinations such as Large Penne Pasta with Celery Root Sauce, Spelt Spaghetti with Sausage Sauce and Macaroni with a Sauce of Asparagus, Onions, Peas and Fava Beans. It is truly every pasta lover’s dream cookbook.

My Kitchen in Rome by Rachel Roddy was originally published as Five Quarters and is a lovely cookbook chronicling a year in Rachel’s small kitchen in Rome. This title is a cookbook that reads like a novel and is teeming with delicious recipes – Rice Croquettes Filled with Mozzarella, Deep-fried Artichokes and Sweet Yeasted Buns are a few examples. A perfect book to curl up with and dream of Rome – and then to turn to time and again to experience a taste of Rome.

Recently, I picked up extra copies of Marcella Hazan’s Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking, which is truly a classic, and The Pizza Bible, a recent title devoted to pizza (of course) that will become a classic to add to this selection.

 

Random Number Generator picked #64 Jessica for the first set – and #30 Marcia for the two book set.

GIVEAWAY:  For a chance to win this set (or second prize winner a copy of My Kitchen in Rome and Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking) – leave a comment here telling me what your favorite Italian cookbook is. For a second chance, please share this post and leave a second comment telling me so. The giveaway is open to U.S. addresses only. A random winner will be chosen on April 3rd! Good luck.

Special thanks to the publishers who supplied me with copies of Pasta and My Kitchen in Rome.

 

 

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  3. 4

    I haven’t read many Italian cookbooks, but so far my favorite is Going Against the Grain – Italian Style!: A Gluten-Free Life Guide and Recipe Book for Staying Healthy and Eating Amazingly! by Nuccia Ardagna.

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  4. 5

    My favorite Italian cookbook is Urban Italian by Andrew Carmelini. While not traditional, it’s fill of really satisfying and well tested recipes.

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  6. 7

    Marcella Hazan,Essential of Classic Italian Cooking. Probably one of my all time favorites. The sauces alone merit the purchase of this book.

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  13. 14

    OOOOO Antonio Carluccio!!!! LOVE him!!!! and the Pizza Bible!!!! My favorite Italian cookbook would be Lidia’s Favorite Recipes…. Also another old cookbook from a cooking show that used to be on after The French Chef….Romagnoli’s Table, that I finally found a copy of a few yrs back…

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  16. 17

    I love Anthony.. I also love Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hanzen… My brit side of me also loves Gino D’Acampo and Gennaro Contaldo

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  22. 23

    I would love to cook from this cookbook: The Tuscan Sun Cookbook: Recipes from Our Italian Kitchen by Frances Mayes. I loved the movie!

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  23. 24

    Anything by Marcella’ Hazan – Essentials and Classic. Also love Red, White and Green by Faith Willinger.

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  31. 32

    I don’t think I have a favorite Italian cookbook, which is strange because I do love Italian food.

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  32. 33

    My “GO TO” ITALIAN COOKBOOK IS – “THE TOP ONE HUNDRED PASTA SAUCES BY DIANE SEED” I PICKED IT UP AT A GOURMET STORE WHILE ON VACATION A FEW YEARS AGO. I LOVE ALL THE RECIPES USING LIMITED INGREDIENTS

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  38. 39

    although, now I have dozens and it’s so hard to pick a favorite-you can’t forget your first love, so I would have to say- Bibba’s Italian Kitchen

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  44. 45

    I’ve got a good collection of Lidia’s books and use her recipes often, time to branch out and these look like great additions to my library!

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  46. 47

    I only have one “Italian” cookbook and it’s for pizza, not really my favorite. But I’ve had Extra Virgin on my wishlist for a while now!

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  47. 48

    The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking should be in every good cookbook library. In addition I also have enjoyed cooking Italian from “Cucina Amore” by Nick Stellino.

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  51. 52

    My very favorite is an old one–“The Romangoli’s Table”-even though it adore so many other more current ones. This was my go-to when I first started on my own.

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  53. 54

    All of the above and Cucina Simpatica Robust Trattoria Cooking by Johanne Killeen and George Germon.

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  59. 60

    Too many to count but a very charming one is Fabio;s Italian Kitchen by Fabio Viviani–he is engaging in his writing and recipes

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  63. 64

    That’s a great question! I don’t actually have too many Italian cookbooks, I only have one! It’s Lydia’s Italian American kitchen and I love it! I hope I win!!

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  66. 67

    I have so many wonderful Italian cookbooks it’s impossible to choose a favorite! If I HAD to, I’d have to say Lidia’s Family Table!

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  68. 69

    I hope I am doing this correctly to be in the contest….

    My favorite Italian Cookbook is Rao’s Cookbook. Old fashioned Italian yet modern and always delicious!

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  70. 71

    culinary arts institute cooking magic series the Italian Cookbook. I apologize if I duplicated this entry.

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  71. 72

    My go to for Italian cooking is any title by Michele Scicolone, especially A Fresh Taste of Italy and 1000 Italian Recipes.

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  77. 78

    As a pizza junkie I actually like Tony Gemignani’s The Pizza Bible. I perused it at my local book store and was able to grab a few pointers. I’d love to own a copy to have as an instant resource! Thanks for the chance to win this awesome cookbook!

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  82. 83

    My husband and I enjoy the book Cucina & Famiglia: Two Italian Families Share Their Stories, Recipes, And Traditions by Joan Tucci (Stanly Tucci’s mother). We enjoyed the movie Big Night and the Timpano so we had to get the book and make the item. We have made a few other items too but my husband is half Italian so I do not make things as well as his relatives.

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  84. 85

    Favorite Italian? You jest, that’s like saying pick your favorite child. I would however love to read the last Marcella Hazan book….I follow her on FB and Victor makes me cry with his memories of her.

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  89. 90

    There aren’t many Italian cookbooks on my shelves (weird, right?), but I recently acquired Laura Vitale’s “Laura in the Kitchen” and it’s my new favorite.

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  93. 94

    Can’t claim a favorite as I don’t have but one or two. This would giveaway would greatly expand my horizons!

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  95. 96

    I love my Fiamma: The Essence of Contemporary Italian Cooking cookbook. I have tried a handful of recipes from it and so far my personal favorite was Insalata di Polpo (Grilled Octopus Salad).

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  102. 103

    The glorious pasta of Italy by Domenica Marchetti. I learned how to make fresh pasta with a food processor AND to freeze fresh dough instead of trying to dry it (or eat yourself into a pasta coma). Love the saffon pasta dough and the parmesan, pepper, parsley dough.

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  103. 104

    Dom DeLuise “Eat this, You’ll Feel better”….seriously! Reminds me of all those Italian mothers and grandmothers I knew growing up!

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  108. 109

    I don’t cook much Italian but my favorite cookbook would be Carmine’s Family-Style Cookbook: More Than 100 Classic Italian Dishes to Make at Home by Michael Ronis.

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  111. 112

    The Fine Art Of Italian Cooking by Giuliano Bugialli is probably my favorite Italian cookbook. And I loved his other book Bugialli on Pasta

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  115. 116

    It’s hard to choose a favorite. Right now, I’m really loving The Southern Italian Table by Arthur Schwartz.

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  116. 117

    I don’t really have any cookbooks that are specifically Italian but my favorite cookbook for everything right now is The Food Lab.

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  118. 119

    Sadly I have no Italian cookbooks, but my favorite book is a classic in my mind. Beth hensberger; bread bible.

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  122. 123

    What a beautiful giveaway! I adore My kitchen in Rome (Rachel Roddy) and A Kitchen with a View by Letizia Mattiacci. I just got Katie Parla’s new book- Tasting Rome this week and it’s gorgeous! Thank you Jenny.

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  124. 125

    I don’t have any italian cookbooks, but I have a recipe for lasagna handed down from my mother in law to her children that I make frequently. I also love to have pizza nights with my family on fridays. We would love to add new items to the menu for them.

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  130. 131

    Beyond the incredible flavors, let’s not forget Mediterranean is incredibly healthy. Especially the sweets (no, but that is my story and I’m sticking to it!).

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  133. 134

    I don’t have any of these yet. My favorite at the moment is the Slow Food Pasta cookbook. It has pretty much every variation of handmade pasta in Italy. It makes it worth translating as you go!

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  137. 138

    I love “The splendid table” recipes from Emilia-romagna-the heartland of northern Italian food by Lynn Rossetto Kasper

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  138. 139

    Loved reading one of the above books and the personally stories of the author.

    “My Kitchen in Rome”

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  139. 140

    My favorite is Marcella’s Italian Kitchen, but it’s the only one I’ve got. I sorely need these additions as I build my library. The others look divine. Rome? Oh yes.

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  143. 144

    My favorite Italian cookbook is the one my Sicilian Nonna wrote that has all our family favorites .
    PS I shared this page and your post.

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  144. 145

    For a second chance, I Just saw that I needed to leave a second post stating I shared this page, I did. Thank you!

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  145. 146

    Marcella Hazan’s Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking and Giorgio Locatelli’s Made in Italy

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  152. 153

    My Kitchen in Rome! My husband and I took a trip to Rome for Christmas one year – such beautiful memories of a beautiful city.

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