Publisher's Synopsis
Healthy, delicious and relatively simple to prepare Italian cooking relies on the freshness and quality of its ingredients, vegetables, pasta, rice and seafood for its appeal.;For some years, Susanna Gelmetti has been welcoming guests to her Italian cookery weeks, held in the countryside of Umbria and by the Mediterranean in Southern Puglia, where they pick up the skills and the exuberant spirit of Italian food, learning to select olive oil, time their pasta to perfection and select and prepare the best from the abundant local markets.;In this book, Susanna Gelmetti presents her favourite recipes, some from her family, all from the Italian coutryside that is the inspiration for her style of cooking. Many of these dishes can be prepared in very little time, their appeal resting mainly in the excellence of their ingredients. Others will inspire the cook who loves to assemble a dish of pungently flavoured stuffed mussels or a sumptious lemon dessert.
