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Summary: Great Gift
Review: Being half Italian and having learned to cook from my Italian mother and grandmother this book brings back great memories! The veal Marsala is the best that I have ever had. The stuffed shells are great and the Veal Osso Bocco is not to be believed.The minestrone soup has gotten rave from our friends. We often give this book as a gift whenever a special gift is called for and it never fails to please. Highly recommended.
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Summary: QUICK, NEW YORK-STYLE ITALIAN FOR PEOPLE ON THE RUN
Review: Chicken Cacciatore, Shrimp Scampi Gambino-style and Manicotti Marinara are just a few of the traditional Italian dishes from "Joe Dogs" Iannuzzi's Mafia Cookbook that will make you feel like a made man. With a collection of anecdotes of Joe Dogs' life with the mob, this book isa good read even if you don't cook. If you do, most of the dishes feature minimal preparation time and do not call for complex ingredients requiring pre-preparation. Overall, the book would compliment most cooking libraries and work especially well for the novice Italian chef
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Summary: Cooking On The Lam
Review: Don't mistake this for a novelty item. The recipes in this book are 100% legit. I've worked from a lot of cookbooks, and this one is my favorite. The scampi and the stuffed shells alone are easily worth the price of the book. And if you like Iannuzzi's stories, you might want to check out his biography, as well. It's an entertaining read.Who'd have thought the mob ate like this?? Check this one out; you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Family Cooking
Review: Don't mistake this for a novelty item. The recipes in this book are 100% legit. I've worked from a lot of cookbooks, and this one is my favorite. The scampi and the stuffed shells alone are easily worth the price of the book. And if you like Iannuzzi's stories, you might want to check out his biography, as well. It's an entertaining read. Who'd have thought the mob ate like this?? Check this one out; you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Simple excellence
Review: Every recipe that I have tried from this book has been excellent. I Particularly LOVE the veal marsala. It is the absolute best I have tasted. In addition to the great, easy to follow recipes, the story line is a "real-life" Soprano's drama.
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Summary: More "Handbook" than "Cookbook"
Review: For anyone who wants to cook what real Italians eat this book is an essential. The stories add color and depth to the culinary experience and Mr. Iannuzzi's use of shortcuts produce unexpected excellent results. I use it so frequently, I have pretty much memorized it.
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Summary: Not Italian at all
Review: Hi to all, I have to admit that I don`t own this book, I have just read the excerpt and I think I`ve had just enough. I have read the marinara sauce recipe and I`ve found things like garlic powder, chicken stock and mustard... believe me, never!!! Never in Italy anyway. I am Italian and I am very into cooking so believe me, you will never find such ingredients in any Italian home or restaurant. Maybe the stories in the book may be funny, but please don`t trust the recipes.
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Summary: This is a must have for your cookbook collection...
Review: I couldn't wait to get this book! When it arrived,I read it within an hour and decided on which recipes I was going to make. Being an Italian-American and having a father that taught me how to cook(God Rest His Soul), I found a lot of Joey Dogs recipes similar to the way my family cooks now. The Orrichetti with peas and proscuitto is to die for. No pun intended! HAHA There is nothing pretencious about this cooking, just good Italian food and of course, the stories are a riot. Its good food with a sad sense of humor. Try it, you'll like it.
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Summary: Come on!! This guy knows nothing about Italian food!
Review: I don't know where you draw the line between Italian, Italian-American and American food. But this food cannot even be considered Italian-American. Cream with shrimp? Chicken stock and mustard in marinara sauce? Just because this guy is a mobster doesn't mean he knows anything about Italian food. It's sort of insulting to have such distortions proclaimed "good, Italian food." Try one of the many other cookbooks to find Italian or Italian-American food: Sopranos cookbook, Lidia's Italian-American, and others linked to them.
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Summary: Great food for your own partners in crime
Review: I first heard about this book in 1993, when Hefner's mag Play-Boy (sorry about the hyphen--this is an adult publication and my review usually edits it out) published an excerpt from the book. I thought it was so great, I immediately went out and bought a copy, and everyone I've shown it to has wanted to steal it from me. Although my edition went out of print, they came back with this version, which includes 37 more recipes. I bought it as a gift for a friend of mine and I hope it stays in print for awhile because I want a copy for myself. Joe Dogs has some very interesting stories, not for the squeemish, about his time in the mob and his relationship with his boss, Tommy Agro (rest in peace), and ultimately, the Feds. The mob is full of scary people, like any organization, but they share one common trait that we can all identify with--the love of a good meal. Since they lived their lives on the edge, where every meal could be their last, they wanted it to be the best last meal that it possibly could. I've used numerous recipes from the book on dates at home, when I've cooked for my girlfriends, and I always get praise, both verbally and horizontally, capish?
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