Marcella's Italian Kitchen (SIGNED)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on bookplate. Additionally, INSCRIBED "To Gloria, happy cooking! Marcella Hazan". 8vo. 349 pp. Index. Color plates. Laid in are 5 color Poloraid photographs of Ms. Hazan cooking dinner (for a class?) and 4 pages of notes taken and dated 2/24/87. A fine copy in fine color illustrated dustjacket. Item #21816
Following the publication of 'The Classic Italian Cook Book' and 'More Classic Italian Cookin', here in her third cookbook Ms. Hazan presents "...250 carefully selected new recipes that are among the most exciting she has ever created. In this, her most personal book, she shares as well fascinating vignetttes about the evolution of a recipe, the initial inspiration, the ways she arrives at certain harmonies of flavors." - dustjacket flap. Ms. Hazan's cookbooks are credited with introducing the public in the United States and the United Kingdom to the techniques of traditional Italian cooking. She was considered by chefs and fellow food writers to be the doyenne of Italian cuisine.
Price: $325.00