What shall we eat? How many are we at the table?
These are the most frequent questions that each of us asks both in the family environment (especially if there is the will or the pleasure to change what we eat daily) and in the workplace (for those who, for example, have activities related to restaurant or catering).
The recipe books, in fact, are very useful to satisfy both the taste (i.e. the goodness of the dishes) and the view (i.e. the way they are presented) and there are really many, indeed too many.
But Nonna Imma's recipe book is unique for two reasons:
- First: cooking is a way of taking care of yourself and others; Nonna Imma teaches how to do it with passion and experience.
- Second: each of the listed dishes, certainly all typically Italian, has a touch that only Nonna Imma can give.... a little secret, an addition, a surprise that comes from the genius, the imagination and the love that she puts into everything she does.
And here we are in the kitchen.... Nonna Imma has her own way of preparing dishes.
In the book they are divided into topics:
- First dishes
- Second courses of meat and fish
- Side Dishes
- Pizzas
- "Conserve" - for example, fresh tomatoes cooked and closed in vacuum in a jar
- Sweets, creams and biscuits
- Ice cream and "semifreddo" - for example a pudding
- Liqueurs
- And so on
Dinner or lunch or even breakfast are moments of play and hospitality, where food is the element of union: whatever is in the fridge, Nonna Imma is able to combine or rework it quickly, simple and tasty and, in a short time, it becomes a delicious dish.
Every day is therefore a party, an opportunity to lay the table, taking care of every detail, both when the dish is served and while it is cooked.
And it doesn't matter if you are only two to eat or if there is the whole family with friends and relatives and therefore if you become 10 or 20 or even 50 people from 2: Nonna Imma puts everyone at the table and her book makes anyone able to do the same !!!
I remember the tables on the beach with pots of first courses, and then the second courses, and then the side dishes, the creams ... not to mention the desserts, the liqueurs and ... in the afternoon, even the pizzas.
And so, in honor of the "Queen of the Table", I decided to publish Nonna Imma's recipes, because they are written with love: Nonna Imma transformed cooking into a art, with which to take care of people.... do it too !!!!
Enjoy your reading and enjoy your meal.
