How To Eataly: A Guide to Buying, Cooking, and Eating Italian Food

"How To Eataly: A Guide to Buying, Cooking, and Eating Italian Food" is an outstanding and comprehensive guide to basic Italian food terminology and classic recipes, as well as a quick survey of techniques and sources. In Italy the book is available as "I love Eataly. Il cibo italiano narrato e cucinato".Although the name and brand EATALY is in the United States associated with Mario Batali, who along with his partners are the US partners of the brand, EATALY, founded in Italy by Oscar Farinetti, has been a presence in major urban centers in Italy since 2007. As such it has in many ways revolutionized Italian gourmet food stuff selling in Italy which, in some places, like Florence for example, has been plagued by local shops charging sky high prices and huge markups to tourists having major Italian food-gasms at the sight of culinary treats and ingredients that are hard to find in the US. Although EATALY's prices are not low in the shop they are usually much lower than the tourist trap food boutiques that cluster in tourist areas. In Italy EATALY also has a very good web site and mail order business that can supply almost everything sold in the Italian EATALY shops."How To Eataly" is not cutting edge info, it's traditional. But what's presented is spot on with staple recipes and a lot of solid info about Italian food cooking and preparation practices. It's beautifully illustrated and laid out, as one would expect from a book published by Rizzoli. A great addition to the resources of any cook interested in Italian food, and for any traveler planning a restaurant and market tour in Italy. RECOMMENDED.

I purchased this cookbook as a Christmas present for my Mom. She has several cookbooks from various famous chiefs and is a fan of Mario Batali and LOVES pasta. I read though it for a couple of hours after she prepared a couple of dishes and I like this cookbook. This book is not setup like your average cookbook, it gives you some facts about different types of ingredients and what to look for when shopping for the ingredients. I hate cookbooks that do not use photographs of the dishes, the pictures in this book will make your mouth water. The recipes range in complexity from simple dishes that most of us can prepare from what we already have in our pantries to 5 star restaurant quality courses requiring imported ingredients. Most of the exotic ingredients have a substitution that is discussed in the text. I will be ordering a copy for myself in the near future.

I am a huge fan of Mario's Eataly restaurant/market. I have been there dozens of times and every meal there has been spectacular. When I saw he was releasing this book I knew I had to have it. It just arrived this morning and it is everything I expected it to be.Every section in the book starts with a description of that sections topic, like bread, salumi, meats, pasta, etc. He then gives a description of the different types, and how to choose fresh ingredients. Then he starts on the recipes. Each recipe has detailed instructions on how to make it and is accompanied by some excellent photos. The photos will get you drooling.The pizza section is small, but is enjoyable. As someone that has a wood burning pizza oven in my yard, I can tell you his advice is dead on.Ok, since I have already made a shopping list, I am now going to get the ingredients to try a few things. I will update again soon once I have tasted a few recipes. I am sure I will not be disappointed.

I am really enjoying this book. Some online comments said it was short on recipes, but it is more than a cookbook. It contains all kinds of information on Italy and foods from Italy and how to select, prepare and serve them. It even gives instructions on how to eat the food (like the proper way to eat pizza - who knew?) It has lovely illustrations and would make a great gift for anyone who has been or is going to Italy.

Ordered this for my daughter who is teaching herself how to prepare Italian meals. What she enjoys is the explanation of what to look for in the store and substitutions.

An excellent book, beautifully illustrated and informative.

A beautiful book a lot larger in size than I envisiged. More an encyclopedia of the beautiful world of food in Italy and the origins. It takes you on a salivating journey!!

This is a beautiful book for anyone who loves the experience of food. It talks about shopping for Italian food items in clear language and inspires you to create. The recipes are wonderfully simple.

I love this book! It's very informative and I really enjoyed learning about italian food and ingredients. To top it all off, there's tons of recipes to try as well!

Amazing Book. I have bought two of these. One for myself and another for a gift. I would recommend to anyone interested in Italian food, There is an Italian version of this - so if you are learning the language try that one. If not and you just want a great Italian cookbook - this is one.

Super Buch!Es wird alles in sehr verständlichem Englisch erklärt. Es sind sehr viele Schritte für das Nachkochen italienischer Gerichte erläutert, beginnend mit dem richtigen Kochen von Nudeln.Auch wird bspw. erläutert, welche Nudeln mit welcher Soße zusammenpassen.Dieses Buch kann man jedem Italien-Fan empfehlen

Acquistato per regalarlo ad un amico danese il quale lo ha molto apprezzato. Non posso dare una precisa valutazione personale ma scorrendolo mi è sembrato molto ben fatto.

Exactly what it said it was, and in condition as it specified.