Tuesday, January 13, 2009

51 Fast and Fun Packaged Dough Recipes or The Classic Food of Northern Italy

51 Fast and Fun Packaged Dough Recipes

Author: Dolores Kostelni

Packaged dough makes great meals possible even on weeknights. With store-bought dough as a base, a variety of wholesome, homemade dishes, from dinner and dessert to snacks and appetizers, is within reach of even the busiest cook. Here, readily available doughs — refrigerated biscuits, crescent rolls, phyllo, pizza dough, boxed mixes, and more — are transformed into Dried Cherry Scones, Pecan Tassies, Spinach Soufflé Squares, Tortilla-Topped Chicken Pie, and dozens of other dishes that look and taste like they took hours to prepare.



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The Classic Food of Northern Italy

Author: Anna del Cont

In this delectable collection of dishes, drawn from all the regions of northern Italy, Anna Del Conte has chosen the very best recipes garnered from restaurants, home kitchens, and country farms. Many of the dishes are likely to be unfamiliar, such as flatbread made with chickpea flour, the Ligurian fish soup known as ciuppin, or macaroni in a sweet pastry case. Del Conte's distinctive interpretations of more wellknown dishes, such as pesto and ragu, gnocchi, risotto, and ossobuco, will endear themselves to cooks as the versions that really work. This is a collection that is bound to become a favorite volume in every cook's library. Anna Del Conte was born and educated in Milan. Her many successful cookbooks include Italian Kitchen, Gli Antipasti, I Dolci, La Pastaciutta, I Risotti, and Gastronomy of Italy.



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