{"product_id":"gennaros-cucina-hearty-money-saving-meals-from-an-italian-kitchen","title":"Gennaro's Cucina: Hearty Money-Saving Meals from an Italian Kitchen","description":"In an era of excessive convenience and disposable food waste, Gennaro’s Cucina could not come at a better time – you will learn how to use simple ingredients in inventive ways, eat seasonally, spend less and, ultimately, eat better.\n‘Cucina povera’ is the food that traditionally fed the poor of Italy yet remains the basis of most Italian dishes we love to eat today. It’s a simple philosophy – delicious, hearty meals using accessible and affordable ingredients. Encouraging an ethos of zero waste, Gennaro’s Cucina ensures that every part of the ingredient, and your budget, is put to good culinary use.\n\nAlong with the majority of post-war Italian families, a young Gennaro was raised on a diet harvested on a limited budget. Restricted choice of scarce ingredients meant they learnt the value what they had, how to cook dishes lovingly and use imaginative methods of preservation to make simple dishes go far: including salting, drying and curing.\n\nIn this inspirational cookbook, Gennaro takes you on a culinary journey of regional basic Italian staples and turns them into beautiful meals. With tips and ideas of what to do with leftovers, Gennaro helps home cooks squeeze maximum use from the ‘cucina povera’ ethos, turning humble ingredients into nourishing feasts without taste sacrifice.\n\nFrom Sicilian chickpea fritters to lentil soups and bread salads – to more elaborate filled vegetables, delicious ‘poor-man’s’ ricotta dumplings and simple sweet biscotti, this book will transform the way you shop, cook and eat.\n\nCHAPTERS:\nBREAD \/ DOUGH\nPASTA\nRICE, POLENTA \u0026amp; GRAINS\nBEANS \u0026amp; PULSES\nVEGETABLES\nEGGS\nFISH \u0026amp; MEAT\nSIMPLE SWEET TREATS\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1911682601\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: LFV.1911682601.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Contaldo, Gennaro\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book is in acceptable condition.  May have shelf wear, edge wear, and spine wear, but a very readable copy.  May not come with supplemental materials if applicable.  Does not include original dustcover jacket.  Possibly Ex Library Copy  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Books for Life","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45965916078277,"sku":"LFV.1911682601.A","price":22.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/2914\/4773\/files\/1911682601-0.jpg?v=1773680757","url":"https:\/\/www.booksforlife.store\/products\/gennaros-cucina-hearty-money-saving-meals-from-an-italian-kitchen","provider":"Books for Life","version":"1.0","type":"link"}