GUSTO: The Very Best of Italian Food & Cuisine (A fun & informative journey through Italian cuisine with 4000 stunning photographs & more than 140 recipes )( Cookbook / Cook Book / Cooking )
by No Author; Foreword By Cesare Casella / Joan Strasbaugh (editor -English language edition); Armando Minuz (Italian language edition)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine (see desciption)/Near Fine (see description)
- ISBN 10
- 0789211785
- ISBN 13
- 9780789211781
- Seller
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Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: N.Y.. / New York: Abbeville Press, 2014, 1st US Edition, First Printing, 2014. ------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, a Near Fine example, a couple of very very slight bumps to edges of boards and corners otherwise a Fine copy, in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket, ---overall this looks new, 367 pages, thousands of colour photographs, a spectacular book, ---"The first encyclopedia of Italian cuisine. Illustrated with 4,000 stunning photographs and featuring more than 140 recipes. ---Italian cooking now has a book worthy of its place at the head of the culinary table. A gorgeous and comprehensive reference guide and cookbook dedicated to Italian food and drink, Gusto beautifully illustrates the ingredients and cooking methods used in kitchens from Parma to Tuscany and beyond. The delicious photos represent a breathtaking array of the components that make up Italian dishes from the classic to the unfamiliar. ---Imagine every cut of beef, all varieties of mushrooms, fourteen different species of crustacean, twelve kinds of prosciutto, all vividly displayed and carefully explained in ravishing detail. Each chapter -on pasta, rice, fish, meat, bread (and yes, pizza), cheese, salami, vegetables, fruit and nuts, herbs and condiments, desserts, cookies and pastry, gelato, chocolate, coffee, and, of course, wine -essential ingredients and food preparation methods as well as presenting superb recipes from Italian kitchens. ---Equally at home on the coffee table or the countertop, Gusto will surprise the sophisticated connoisseur and amaze the lover of all things Italian", ---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine (see desciption)/Near Fine (see description). Illus. by Photo Cover. 11w x 14.5h Inches. Flap Not Clipped.
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- Bookseller
- Leonard Shoup (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 170121
- Title
- GUSTO: The Very Best of Italian Food & Cuisine (A fun & informative journey through Italian cuisine with 4000 stunning photographs & more than 140 recipes )( Cookbook / Cook Book / Cooking )
- Author
- No Author; Foreword By Cesare Casella / Joan Strasbaugh (editor -English language edition); Armando Minuz (Italian language edition)
- Illustrator
- Photo Cover
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine (see desciption)
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine (see description)
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0789211785
- ISBN 13
- 9780789211781
- Publisher
- N.Y.. / New York: Abbeville Press, 2014, 1st US Edition, First Printing
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2014
- Size
- 11w x 14.5h Inches
- Keywords
- Italy, Chefs, Cooks, Dining
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cookbooks / Domestic Sciences;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Leonard Shoup
Biblio member since 2003
Burlington, Ontario
About Leonard Shoup
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