The tuscan tomato soup recipe is to die for--even better the next day! It's fantastic to cook from and to browse through and daydream about delightful dinner parties. See lidia's recipe for branzino for details. Make a garlic-infused olive oil before ...  Read More

This cookbook is a must for those that still like to cook from scratch. This is a book for confident cooks who like to go more by instinct than exact measurements.

Great read, full of family history and anecdotes. Amazon is great. Nice story. And this book is amazing.

Don't even look at the recipe for tarte tatin (julia actually explains how to make it, stanley does not) the recipe for the most generic of marinara sauce (cheap and doesn't taste like anything) the dessert recipes, sadly, disappoint.