{"product_id":"verdura-vegetables-italian-style-9781906502782","title":"Verdura: Vegetables Italian Style","description":"\u003cp\u003eNamed to Cooking Light magazines list of the Top 100 Cookbooks of the Last 25 Years  Since its first publication in 1991  Viana La Places Verdura has become a much loved classic. And with good reason: Its 300 irresistible recipes represent the best of the Italian approach to vegetable preparation  an earthy yet spirited technique that celebrates fresh ingredients simply treated. Many readers have made the book their vegetable cooking bible; those who have not yet added it to their kitchen libraries will want to do so.  Contending that eating well-prepared vegetables helps us to appreciate lifes natural cycles  La Place presents recipes for antipastos  salads  soups  sandwiches  pasta  risottos  pizzas  and much more. The vegetables she explores run from the familiar - artichokes  aubergines  radicchio - to the more exotic  such as chayote  cardoons  and brocciflower. (La Place sauts this cauliflower-broccoli hybrid in garlic and oil  then tops it with pungent provolone.) Other recipes  such as Soup of Dried Fava Beans with Fresh Fennel  Fettucine with Peas  Green Onions  and Mint  Grilled Bread with Mushrooms and Herbs  and Baked Red Pepper Fritatta  give further evidence of La Places original yet thoughtful way with the earths bounty.  Desserts are also included  among them Watermelon with Bittersweet Chocolate Shavings  Grilled Figs with Honey and Walnuts  and Lemon Granita and Brioche. With a vegetable and herb guide and an ingredient glossary  Verdura provides comprehensive information while exciting the palate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648258596917,"sku":"ByrdShop_1906502781","price":24.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781906502782.jpg?v=1781714255","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/verdura-vegetables-italian-style-9781906502782","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}