{"product_id":"urban-italian-simple-recipes-and-true-stories-from-a-life-in-food","title":"Urban Italian: Simple Recipes and True Stories from a Life in Food","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom James Beard Foundation Best Chef winner Andrew Carmellini  a cookbook that brings a lifetime of high-level cooking experience to the home kitchen.  While waiting for construction to finish on his restaurant  Andrew Carmellini faced an unusual challenge. After a brilliant career in professional kitchens (including a 6-year tour as chef de cuisine at Caf Boulud)  he was faced with the harsh reality of life as a civilian cook: no prep cooks  no saucier  no daily deliveries - just him and his wife in their tiny Manhattan-apartment kitchen.  Urban Italian is made up of the recipes that result when a great chef has to use the same resources available to the rest of us. In these hundred recipes - covering five distinct courses  cocktails  and base recipes - Carmellini shows how to make stunning  soulful food with nothing more than the ingredients  techniques  and time available to the ordinary home cook. Recipes include crisped artichokes with yogurt  mint  and sauce picante; duck meatballs with cherry moustarda sauce; roast pork with Italian plums and grappa; spicy cod with rock shrimp; and marinated grapes with red-wine granita.  Along with the recipes (beautifully photographed by Quentin Bacon)  Carmellini and his wife  Gwen Hyman  have written a number of sections to help readers bring home more of a great chefs experience. These begin with a narrative that traces Andrews culinary education  and continue with short pieces on places and ingredients  placed alongside recipes to shed light on the history and practice of simple  beautiful cooking.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44955629813813,"sku":"ByrdShop_159691470X","price":27.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781596914704.jpg?v=1770313302","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/urban-italian-simple-recipes-and-true-stories-from-a-life-in-food","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}