What can readers find in the 30 th-anniversary cookbook? Recently he was in Seattle at the Book Larder, a community cookbook store in the Fremont neighborhood, where he shared stories about his wife, her cooking and their 60-year relationship. Her husband and collaborator, Victor Hazan, at the age of 94, took on a national book tour to introduce Marcella to a new generation of cooks. This September, nine years following her death, Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking was published, bringing together her two most-beloved cookbooks in a single 30 th-anniversary volume. Born in Cesenatico, Italy, in 1924, she died on September 29, 2013.
She became so well known that Bloomingdale’s 59 th Street store in New York City installed and named a kitchen boutique for her - Marcella Hazan’s Italian Kitchen-stocking it with her homemade pasta Bolognese and Tuscan olive oil. She advocated for high-quality ingredients, picked in season and simply prepared. Her approach was revolutionary, each recipe clear and thorough, yet concise.
With six cookbooks and years of teaching cooking classes, she distilled the very essence of Italian cooking, making it available and accessible to the average American cook at a time when Italian cooking was still considered exotic. In 1956 she married Victor Hazan, an Italian-American who subsequently gained fame as a wine writer, and the couple moved to New York City a few months later.Īuthor of The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking, she was widely considered by chefs and fellow food writers to be one of the foremost authorities on Italian cuisine.Known as the godmother of Italian cooking, Marcella Hazan is revered in the cooking community. She earned a doctorate in natural sciences and biology from the University of Ferrara. The must-have Italian cookbook by Marcella Hazan, considered by chefs and fellow food writers to be one of the foremost authorities on Italian cuisine.Ībout the Author: Marcella Hazan (1924-2013) was born in the village of Cesenatico in Italy. Aimed at cooks of every level, be they beginners or accomplished chefs, it is an accessible and comprehensive guide to authentic Italian cuisine and should find a place in the kitchen library of anyone who is passionate about good food.įeaturing hundreds of recipes ranging from soups, pastas and risottos, to delicious meat and vegetable dishes, The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking is an indispensable addition to any kitchen. Marcella Hazan is widely regarded as one of the greatest Italian cookery writers in the world and The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking is her masterpiece. 'If this were the only cookbook you owned, neither you nor those you cooked for would ever get bored.' -Nigella Lawson
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