Cookbooks

Two Meatballs in the Italian Kitchen was published in September 2007. Mark Strausman, my co-author and I have been running around the country, making meatballs and signing copies of the book. If you missed our tour, and would like an autographed copy of the book, please come by the restaurants: Centolire and Coco Pazzo.

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La Mia Cucina Toscana is beautifully produced and features the colorful and clever photographs of Michele Tabozzi. In this book, I discuss the classical version of each dish, and my version, noting the adaptations I have made to American ingredients and tastes.

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Fish Talking is full of recipes for little fish: anchovies, sardines, mussels, octopus, -- the catch my grandfather who was a fisherman would bring home for supper.

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My new book, Dirty Dishes, that I wrote with Andrew Friedman is now available.

In the book I tell my story: my love of and passion for cooking. This passion, and the reality of living in America and speaking only Italian, led me to open a restaurant, and the success of first the led to the 2nd, and a 3rd, …You can read my tale, from my childhood in Tuscany to my journey in America as restaurateur.

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Simply Tuscan is arranged by season, with

menu selections, beautiful photographs and watercolors, and the poetry of Eugenio Montale.

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A Tuscan in the Kitchen was my first cookbook.
It is filled with recipes from my homeland
and stories of my youth.

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