Biba's Italy: Favorite Recipes from the Splendid Cities

by Biba Caggiano

Here is the very best food from our very favorite cities—the glorious dining destinations Rome, Florence, Bologna, Milan, and Venice—brought to life by one of the most authoritative authors in the field. The 100 delicious, simple recipes range from time-honored home-cooking traditions to restaurant classics and even startling innovations by Italy’s star chefs, and are accompanied by invaluable cooking tips and rich, evocative atmosphere. And each chapter offers travel tips galore—on the best restaurants, wine bars, gelatarie , and markets—as well as eminently useful reference sections on ingredients and menus. Biba’s Italy will at turns transport you to a canal-side caffè in Venice and a bustling outdoor market in medieval Bologna, to a chic Milanese ristorante and the lively streets in Rome and cozy enoteca in Florence. Then lure you back home to re-create these experiences in your own kitchen.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Italy

336 pages, Hardcover

First published September 7, 2006

About the author

Biba Caggiano (October 1936 – 29 August 2019)was an Italian-American cookbook author, television chef, and restaurateur.

Reviews

[Joanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cookbook and travel guide combined with lots of useful tips and information about the regional cuisines of Italy. Each area offers it's own unique flavors, dishes, and history and this book will help you eat your way through Italy. Recommended for anyone who is planning to travel there to maximize your dining experience.

[Dona · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really a 4.5. A very nice cookbook with a variety of useful information. Recipes were by region, and were seemed to carefully picked. They included ingredients that I could find pretty easily. Biba provided background and personal experiences for each region, as well as types of foods, wines, restaurants and shops for each region.

This is another cookbook I'd like to purchase for my collection.

[Rashaan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautifully designed and informative cookbook. Although the recipes sadly lack pictures, Biba includes wonderful anecdotes and background info for foodies and great travel directories divided into the different regions and tastes of Italy.

[Brookeneveu neveu · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite cookbook at the moment.

[R.J. Gilmour · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good collection of recipes sorted by city.