The Silver Spoon

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Customer reviews

review by: David W date: 2008-08-21 rating:
Wonderful - just beware the quantities
There are some reviews of this fabulous cook book which complain about the poor translation, the fact that the book isn't in Engish alphabetical order, that the quantities aren't precise enough ... You're safe to ignore all these quibbles provided you accept the basis on which this cookebook was created.

It was designed to guide (young) Italians who were starting to lose their traditional roots in national cuisine and to help them know just how to make high quality food. For this audience it isn't necessary to give exact quantities or lengths of time ... they just know. And after working with this cookery book, you'll get to know these things too.

For me, a precise English/American book telling me just precisely what to do down to the last millilitre, gramme or degree of heat is not letting you be creative, not allowing you to find out what works best for you in your kitchen, and - above all - what great ingredients work with which.

This is a classic book; its English translation works; and I simply couldn't be without it. (And excuse me, if cooking is all about glossy photos, count me out: I prefer pictures that look like what I make, not some bizarre studio impersonation of food.

The Silver Spoon is all about good food cooked by real people in real kitchens. Bravo! Buy it!

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review by: Sally date: 2008-04-28 rating:
A must for any italian food lover
My step father was an Italian restauranteur and had a copy of this same book in Italian throughout his career. He even had it rebound a few years back. During his life he ran a hotel in Rome and cooked for cardinals that came there from the vatican using recipes from the Silver spoon.

I was therefore thrilled when this came out in English and so far have bought 3 copies so that both my daughters have them for their homes. They use them daily. Not only is this the authentic cookery book for Italian food lovers it is amazingly economical, utilising seasonal fresh foods and not that many ingredients unlike so many newer recipes.

Risotto with carrots for example is fantastically creamy as the carrot is pureed. Highly recommended reading and an ideal gift for any newly weds or new home buyers.

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review by: date: 2008-04-11 rating:
Really Good
Bought this book from Amazon and after two weeks have cooked 4 things from it. Every recipe has tasted great with bags of flavour. More importantly, every recipe has worked.

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review by: jimmcp date: 2008-02-05 rating:
Best Italian cook book
This is an excellent book with over 2000 authentic recipes (some are very authentic - there's a whole section on brains!) The recipes are, typically of Italian food, simple and easy to follow. There is also a small section at the back with some more complicated recipes from famous Italian chefs. All in all a top book you're not likely to get bored with quickly.


review by: date: 2008-01-16 rating:
Simply superb! The best Italian book I possess.
I am a real foodie and think I could open a cook book shop with the amount of books I have. However, the Silver Spoon is certainly a top favourite of mine. I can cook but often want inspiration when faced with cooking another mid week family dinner. That is when the Silver Spoon really comes into its own. I have learnt so many new and tasty ways of cooking vegetables, for example by soaking pre sliced carrots in water for 15 minutes you can cook them for 10 - 15 minutes in a pan with no water. The result is superb as they are not too soggy or al dente but perfect. You can then add flavourants such as sliced garlic or lemon zest, butter etc to complement the carrots with the main dish.

A Italian friend who lives in Nairobi, Kenya recently came to stay and she was so impressed with the Silver Spoon being in English and now being available that I gave her my copy as we did not have time to order another copy on-line and our local book shop was sold out. I realised then how much I missed the book when it was not in my kitchen for a few weeks. Luckily my new copy has arrived.

One does however, need to know how to cook to use the book with ease. It assumes that you know how to do the basics and there are no photographs and pretty pictures. But if you can cook, invest in the Silver Spoon and you will use it every day in your kitchen. A sound investment! Highly recommended.

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