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Italian Home Cooking: 125 Recipes to Comfort Your Soul Julia Della Croce
Written By Julia Della Croce
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Reviewed By: Aubry Gill

Julia Della Croce’s latest book, Italian Home Cooking: 125 Recipes to Comfort Your Soul, has become one of those books that you dare not open when your hungry. Its a “no frills” kind of cookbook that produces fantastic easy to read recipes, mouth-watering pictures and delicious food. There aren’t a whole lot of lengthy stories that fill the pages with old memories, and recollections that would better suit an autobiography. This book concentrates on the food...really-delicious-amazing-looking-awesome-fantastic-glorious food. When Julia does write, she talks briefly and elegantly about the recipe presented as if she were talking directly to you. Its a nice personal touch. A noteworthy recipe for me is the Tomato Sauce with Ribs and Sausages. Here, Julia combines two racks of baby back ribs and nine Italian sausages with tomato and wine, amongst other things, to create something magical. Being that I’m from Texas, I had to try this one out. So I did. It was magical. Yes, I said magical. Every Italian cookbook that I have read, more often than not, has a version of wedding soup. Croce’s is as authentic and delicious as they come. Yes, I cooked it and it too was delicious...Magical even. The bottom line is this: Home chefs will love this book for it’s simple, authentic, and delicious recipes. It has become one of my favorites.


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