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Bastianich, Lidia

La Cucina di Lidia

There is a great blurb about Italian rice varieties.

Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen

Batali, Mario

The Babbo Cookbook
Molto Italiano
Simple Italian Food Recipes from My Two Villages

Bertolli, Paul

Cooking By Hand

Brennan, Georgeanne

Olives, Anchovies and Capers

Bugialli, Guiliano

Bugialli on Pasta

Burros, Marian

Cooking For Comfort

Downie, David

Cooking The Roman Way

Field, Carol

Italy in Small Bites

Look for her recipes by Nicolina Peduzzi of Rustichella d'Abruzzo using dried pasta.

Celebrating Italy
The Italian Baker

Goldstein, Joyce

Enoteca
Italian Slow and Savory

Grammatico, Maria & Mary Taylor Simeti

Bitter Almonds

Gray, Rose

Café Cook Book: Italian Recipes from London's River Café

Look for the recipe utilizing Moretti polenta.

Hazan, Marcella

Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

Jenkins, Nancy Harmon

Flavors of Puglia

Her dried pasta recipes are great, especially the Orecchiette con Cime di Rape - page 98.

Flavors of Tuscany
The Essential Mediterranean
Cucina Del Sole

Johns, Pamela Sheldon

Prosciutto Pancetta Salame
Parmigiano!

Try Pizza alla Rolando - page 93.

Balsamico!

Try Rolando's Pound Cake with Berry-Balsamic Sauce - page 101.

Italian Food Artisans

The chapters on dried pasta, rice, and capers are extremely informative. She includes some wonderful farro recipes: Hearty Farro Soup page 76 & Farro Tart page 115.

Pasta!

Another wonderful book by Pamela Sheldon Johns.

Gelato!

Kasper, Lynne Rossetto

The Italian Country Table
The Splendid Table

There is a terrific chapter on polenta and balsamic vinegar. Also, try her recipe for Garganelli with Roasted Peppers, Peas and Cream - page 116.

Keller, Thomas

The French Laundry Cookbook

Knickerbocker, Peggy

Olive Oil: From Tree to Table

Loomis, Susan Hermann

Italian Farmhouse Cookbook

Plotkin, Fred

Italy for the Gourmet Traveler

Pollan, Michael

The Omnivore's Dilemma

Rodgers, Judy

Zuni Café Cookbook

Rosenblum, Mort

Olives

Look for his writings about the Becchina family and their Olio Verde; he also mentions Castello di Volpaia and Frescobaldi Laudemio.

Saveur Magazine, editors

Saveur Cooks Authentic Italian by The Editors of Saveur Magazine

Silverton, Nancy

Nancy Silverton's Sandwich Book
Twist of the Wrist

Tasca, Anna Lanza

Garden of Endangered Fruit
Flavors of Sicily: The Heart of Sicily

Note her uses of capers and olive oil and delicious dried pasta recipes.

Wells, Patricia

Trattoria

Rolando and Patricia are great friends. Please visit her website at www.patriciawells.com.

Willinger, Faith Heller

Eating in Italy: Red, White and Greens

Try Rolando's Deep-Fried Capers on page 115.

Wolfert, Paula

Mediterranean Grains and Greens

The Creamy Farro and Chickpea Soup on page 65 is especially delicious.

The Slow Mediterranean Kitchen

Zarubin, Laura

I Am Almost Always Hungry

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