Viana La Place, Author . Clarkson Potter $30 (256p) ISBN 978-0-609-60518-9
La Place (Pasta Fresca, Cucina Fresca
and Cucina Rustica) brings the simplicity of the life and food of the Salento (the southernmost part of Apulia in Italy) to the table. The prose paints a vivid picture of rural and small-town life that envelops
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Viana La Place, Author . Broadway $19.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-7679-1825-1
Even home cooks who are unable to keep the hardiest of plants alive or who live in tiny, dark apartments will be enchanted by La Place's description of her bountiful garden. La Place (coauthor of Cucina Fresca
) begins with a lyrical account of...
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Viana La Place, Author Morrow Cookbooks $25 (0p) ISBN 978-0-688-11313-1
LaPlace (Verdura) extols the sensual rewards of cooking--and eating--simple Italian fare. In her utopian kitchen, produce from roadside markets shares space on well-worn countertops with hand-driven tools. Slicing, chopping, grinding a pestle in a...
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Viana La Place, Author William Morrow & Company $22.95 (388p) ISBN 978-0-688-08764-7
`` Verdura means vegetables,'' writes cooking teacher and food columnist La Place ( Cucina Fresca ). It ``represents a style of cooking directly related to nature.'' By scouring the homes and restaurants of Italy, here she proves her case with 250...
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Viana La Place, Author, Evan Kleiman, Author, Ann Bramson, Editor William Morrow Cookbooks $19.95 (270p) ISBN 978-0-688-07763-1
`` Pasta fresca , to us, means pasta that is fresh, vivid, and uncomplicated,'' note La Place and Kleiman ( Cucina Fresca ), Californian champions of ``golden, glowing pasta'' who seek to do away with the ``strong, bitter tomato sauces that had been
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Viana La Place, Author, Viana L. Place, Author, Deborah Jones, Author William Morrow Cookbooks $23 (144p) ISBN 978-0-688-14139-4
It's come to this--apparently Italians even snack better than anyone else. Not content to rip open a bag of chips, they spread sauteed apples and apricot jam on toasted bread or munch on rustic bread and bittersweet chocolate to satisfy their...
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