Rating: 
Summary: This book makes the Sopranos cookbook look like slop
Review: This is by far the most entertaining cookbook ever written. The directions are simple, and already made the Milly's meatballs, they are outstanding.
This book is a necessity on the kitchen and the coffee table.
Rating:
Summary: One of my 3 favorite cookbooks
Review: This is one of the 3 cookbooks that have changed what I eat and the way I cook. Henry Hill has some excellent classic recipes and adds his own little twists to each recipe. Having lived away from major cities myself for some time, I especially could relate to his struggles to find the right ingredients. His mob stories are amusing too.I read the book cover to cover because it is kind of in a story form. Hill will tell a few stories about a particular place he lived and then give recipes for the food he ate there. I highly recommend this cookbook. It is a must have.
Rating:
Summary: One of my 3 favorite cookbooks
Review: This is one of the 3 cookbooks that have changed what I eat and the way I cook. Henry Hill has some excellent classic recipes and adds his own little twists to each recipe. Having lived away from major cities myself for some time, I especially could relate to his struggles to find the right ingredients. His mob stories are amusing too. I read the book cover to cover because it is kind of in a story form. Hill will tell a few stories about a particular place he lived and then give recipes for the food he ate there. I highly recommend this cookbook. It is a must have.
Rating:
Summary: Such a deal!
Review: This is two books in one! Wonderful, amusing, and exciting stories of Henry Hill's life accompanied by mouth-watering recipies. The text is very well written; the recipes clear. The different indexes of recipes are a great idea and very helpful. I've glimpsed someone else's copy and can't wait for my own to arrive! I highly recommend this book.
Rating:
Summary: Thanks, Henry
Review: When the rumors began flying about this book I laughed. What! Now this guy is doing a cookbook! I was intrigued. I received the book today,read it from cover to cover and made garbanzo bean salad and grilled eggplant,hey, pretty damn good! I plan a trip to the grocery store tomorrow for ingredients of fresh herbs a few spices and such to try out more recipes, will surprise the husband....."men love variety".
This book flows naturally, the stories introducing the recipes,the rules,tips and advice all flow very well. It's an easy and entertaining read. Definitely will play around with these recipes for a long time. There are recipes for the beginner to the more serious and experienced house chef.
Henry Hill is a great storyteller,honest and sincere,this quality really shines in this book. Forget the wiseguy and goodfella aspects of Henry Hill for a second, read between the lines and you'll find that he shares a part of himself that is really close to his heart, his love of cooking, the recipes and what it all means to him. I'm sure many can relate. I recommend this cookbook, not as a novelty but as a real collection of authentic Italian recipes,in addition to some old all American favorites. It's impressive.
Rating:
Summary: Best Gift Ever
Review: When you grow up with an Italian mom who cooks dishes that nobody else has ever heard of you wonder if you are the only person that has tasted such amazing dishes. Well I don't wonder anymore. The recipes are wonderful. I grew up cooking most of the dishes written about in this book and must say Henry's recipes taste just like "mom's" - in fact just a bit better.... I think this book is extremely well written not only for the "advanced" cook but also for the "novice" cook as I bought a copy for my son and he now uses it to prepare dinner for his family. If you want to cook real "Italian" food - this is your book.
Rating:
Summary: The Wiseguy Cookbook
Review: When you grow up with an Italian mom who cooks dishes that nobody else has ever heard of you wonder if you are the only person that has tasted such amazing dishes. Well I don't wonder anymore. The recipes are wonderful. I grew up cooking most of the dishes written about in this book and must say Henry's recipes taste just like "mom's" - in fact just a bit better.... I think this book is extremely well written not only for the "advanced" cook but also for the "novice" cook as I bought a copy for my son and he now uses it to prepare dinner for his family. If you want to cook real "Italian" food - this is your book.
Rating:
Summary: I'm Italian, and this book, WOW
Review: Wow was I amazed. I'm italian and have never seen a true italian cookbook. Whats contained in here are things strictly only italian families from New York would have. If you have been to olive garden, and 99% of other italian italian restaurants you never had real italian food. Get this book, make some real italian food, and you'll never be able to eat at any italian restaurant unless its in New York area after this.
Rating:
Summary: I'm Italian, and this book, WOW
Review: Wow was I amazed. I'm italian and have never seen a true italian cookbook. Whats contained in here are things strictly only italian families from New York would have. If you have been to olive garden, and 99% of other italian italian restaurants you never had real italian food. Get this book, make some real italian food, and you'll never be able to eat at any italian restaurant unless its in New York area after this.
Rating:
Summary: A criminally good cookbook
Review: Yeah, I know. No one's holding a gun to my head. But Henry's book is a classic. I'm a longtime crook, er, cook, and I found that the thoroughness and thought behind these recipes elevated it into the small realms of "best cookbooks I've ever read." Yeah, I know. From some "rat fork" like Henry. But it's good, really, really good. He goes through a money-laundry list of typical Bronx-Italian recipes--all the standards, like Sunday Gravy, ziti, pizza, even the infamous scungilli--each one embellished with some anecdote of his life on the run. From supreme wealth and access to the finest authentic ingredients on his home criminal turf to the handful of homogenized American choices from Middle America while penniless on the run. And they're all forkin' good! Christ, his handlers even get addicted to Henry's cooking, and I can see why: every recipe I made with this book--and I've been around the world a few times--was a hit. Nothing criminal about that. Joe Dogs, watch your back.
| 
