2024 the best italian meatball recipe review

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The delicious Italian-American comfort food we all remember, love, and crave, from the owners of the legendary Artichoke Pizza.

Authors Fran and Sal are two regular guys from the neighborhood, cousins and best friends, whose DNA reads garlic and oil (they're fifth generation in the food business) and whose six hugely successful restaurants, starting with the legendary Artichoke Pizza, have impressed critics, fellow chefs, and chowhounds alike. They have written a book celebrating big flavor, along with loving (and hilarious) family stories, and rooted in the great Italian-American tradition, handed down through the generations.

The recipes are unfussy...simple and fast for school nights, fancier for weekends and holidays and offer readers a transporting, full-bodied take-away, rather than just a book about spaghetti and meatballs. Here you will find Eggs Pizziaola, Pork Cutlets with Hot Peppers and Vinegar, their famous Cauliflower Fritters, and many more authentic dishes served up with gusto.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grand Central Life & Style; Illustrated edition (March 31, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1455583545
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1455583546
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.04 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 1 x 9.63 inches
Reviewer: Debbie
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: LOVE this book
Review: LOVE this book. Great recipes and the book is hysterical! I want to sit down one day and open it at page one and not stop till Im done! Some people have said that it is too hard to follow. They must not have a basic understanding of cooking. As long as you know your way around a kitchen I dont think you will have a problem following the recipes.

Reviewer: Casale
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: THE GREATEST COOKBOOK EVER!!!
Review: THIS IS SIMPLY "THE" MOST AMAZING COOKBOOK EVER MADE!!! EVERYTHINGIS INCREDIBLY DELICIOUS!!!Easy to follow recipes.Great insights into cooking.AND GREAT LITTLE FAMILY STORIES BEHIND EACH RECIPE. All the recipes are either authentic old school Italian family recipes, or wonderful (AND ABSOLUTELY DECADENT)new ideas that should be winning awards!!!Guaranteed, this is the greatest cookbook you'll ever buy!!!Thomas Casalewww.JSKAUSA.com

Reviewer: M. Carpenter
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Wow! Now that is some flavor!
Review: The recipes I have tried thus far are excellent. The flavor in these is very rich and full. When I say rich, I mean RICH! This is no lean meal recipe book, but I think anyone looking at this will know that. I am not Italian, or from the northeast, but it certainly seems like these are authentic in nature. By the photos included, it certainly seems that they all eat like this their whole lives! The stories and background on the recipes enhances this book immensely. You will learn how to make a great "cooked sauce" and by golly you will know how three generations created that recipe. I like it.I will say that there is a downside to this book, which is why I docked it a star. The recipes are giant. You have to really pay attention to the portion sizes on each recipe and plan accordingly. I started making a pot of cooked sauce and realized that I do not even own a pot big enough! Geez!In addition and quite the annoyance is the fact that these recipes jump around a lot. Most recipes involve multiple components, which have their own recipes. If you truly want to stick to the recipe, a lot of prep planning and digesting of multiple recipes is needed. An example is the glorious meatballs. You have 3-4 layers of recipes to follow. Breadcrumbs...cooked sauce...etc. It is not a big deal if you plan properly, but my first use of the book resulted in multiple spoiled pages with sauce and stains.In short, be prepared for a bit of planning, lots of ingredients, great food and to feed a lot of people!!

Reviewer: Girlie girl
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Love it!
Review: If I never make a single recipe from this book I already got my money's worth ... Every single page brought back memories of my grandparents. Some recipes I had long forgotten, or better yet had not gotten before they passed.There are a new sandwich recipes I am going to slip into my husband's Herman Munster lunchbox and surprise him - he is going to love them.This is NOT one of those cookbooks you buy and maybe try one recipe and then it sits on the shelf - I bet I will try something at least once a week.I read a review that mentioned a pizza recipe that want specific enough in it's directions - I think that might be one reason I find this book do fun and not intimidating - that's exactly how Pop taught me to cook. 🙂 I can't wait to cook something from it tonight.Oh one more thing ... I love the intro that tells you the basics to always have in the pantry and pots etc that you should have on hand.

Reviewer: Frances Schnerch
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: An ok book for an Italian cook book. Thought ...
Review: An ok book for an Italian cook book. Thought it would have more on pizza seeing these guys a the pizza masters.

Reviewer: Barbaro
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Brooklyn Girl loves this book
Review: If you're from the "neighborhood" you will love this book. And even if you're not from the neighborhood, you will love. I knew some of the people in this book and it sounds like my family also. I'm from Carroll Gardens and now live in Staten Island. My Mom still lives there. Get this book. Recipes are easy and delicious.

Reviewer: Janice Buckner
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Delightful Book
Review: The book arrived today and I sat down and skimmed it! I love their writing style. Recipes sound wonderful and "down to earth"! I am anxious to try some of them! I was inspired to buy the book after one of the fellow's appearance on The Chew!

Reviewer: Anthony DeToro
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Authentic East Coast Italian American Comfort Food Recipes
Review: I grew up in New Jersey and this is the food I remember my Grandmother, Mother, Aunts and neighbors making. Inexpensive, not fancy but natural and dependent on good ingredients. Except for the Wonder Bread but I grew up with that too. Need to try the rice pudding asap.

Reviewer: Kathy
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Entertaining and a fun read. I however haven't found too many of the recipes I'm interested in trying.

Reviewer: too funny
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: only liked a couple recipes in here.