Why is this a cook's manual and not a recipe book? Because there are rules in Italian cooking that, if violated, ruin the authenticity of the dish. And we are not the French. Authentic Italian cuisine begins and ends with the quality of your ingredients, and the goal of each dish is to allow each element to shine on its own. Over-sauced pasta or over-dressed salad are common errors. The French just slather gravy on everything, but Italians want to make art out of everything they cook, be it a simple frittate or a painstaking bolognese. Once you have the foundational rules mastered, you can make any Italian dish you please, from whichever province of Italy. Onward.
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Lora Joined: Sep-17-2022 |
Lora Como is her father's youngest daughter, but at six feet tall with blond hair, no one is exactly sure from where she came. She has been cooking in her father's kitchen since she could reach the top of the kitchen table because that is when you can start catching raw pasta off the machine and lay it out on towels to dry. She shares his love of Thoroughbred racing, New York Times crossword puzzles, and, of course, cooking.
