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Michaud, Jeff.
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Michaud, Jeff -- Travel -- Italy.
Cooking, Italian.
Cooking -- Italy.
Food habits -- Italy.
Cooks -- Anecdotes.
Italy -- Description and travel.
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Eating Italy : a che...
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Michaud, Jeff.
Michaud, Jeff -- Travel -- Italy.
Cooking, Italian.
Cooking -- Italy.
Food habits -- Italy.
Cooks -- Anecdotes.
Italy -- Description and travel.
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Eating Italy : a chef's culinary adventure /
Jeff
Michaud
with David Joachim ; photography by Kelly Campbell.
by
Michaud
,
Jeff
.
Running Press, c2013.
Call #:
641.5945 M622e
Subjects
Michaud
,
Jeff
-- Travel -- Italy.
Cooking, Italian.
Cooking -- Italy.
Food habits -- Italy.
Cooks -- Anecdotes.
Italy -- Description and travel.
ISBN:
9780762445875 (hc.)
0762445874 (hc.)
Description:
304 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Paladina: a butcher's apprentice -- Alme: a maestro in the kitchen, amore in the dining room -- Cene and Fiobbio: farm to table... fifty feet -- Cinque terre: sex on the Italian Riviera -- Barolo and Barbaresco: I can't see through this fog -- Villa d'Alm: simple Italian cooking at its best -- Alba: if you can't smell the truffles, you must be dead -- Venice: losing myself in the city -- Leffe: becoming a chef -- Florence: the romance continues -- Trescore Balneario: Our big Italian wedding -- Desenzano del Garda: the culinary journey of a lifetime -- Basic and essential recipes -- Sources for the cook and traveler.
Summary:
"Before award-winning chef
Jeff
Michaud
ever opened the doors of his acclaimed Philadelphia restaurants, he spent three years in northern Italy as a culinary apprentice to master butchers and chefs, immersing himself in the culture and cuisine of the old country. It is safe to say that he never anticipated the romance that would ensue. Eating Italy is a delicious, funny, and mesmerizing spin through the boot, teaching true heirloom techniques and telling
Jeff
's culinary and personal love story (he met his wife when she came into the restaurant one night for dinner, and to this day, he hasnt forgotten what she ordered). Part inventive cookbook, part travel narrative, each chapter of Eating Italy explores a village or town in northern Italy, unveiling the unique culinary and cultural experience it has to offer. The reader experiences his journey from Paladina: The Butches Apprentice to Trescore Balneario: Our Big Italian Wedding in dishes like Apricot and Chanterelle Salad, Swordfish Pancetta with Fennel Zeppole, Pheasant Lasagne, and Blood Orange Crostata with Bitter Chocolate. Each authentic recipe serves to mark his professional growth, learning from some of the most skilled chefs in Italy. Vivid photography of Italian culture, people, and landscapes are dispersed throughout, allowing the reader a glimpse of northern Italia from a kitchen far away.
Jeff
Michaud
lives in Philadelphia where he is Executive Chef and Co-Owner of the Osteria Restaurant"--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
Cookbooks.
Other authors:
Joachim, David.
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