Heirloom Kitchen

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780062844224 Author(s): Anna Francese Gass Format: Hardcover Language: English Year: 2019 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc Pages: 256

Description: A gorgeous, full-color illustrated cookbook and personal cultural history, filled with 100 mouthwatering recipes from around the world, that celebrates the culinary traditions of strong, empowering immigrant women and the remarkable diversity that is American food.Born in Italy, Anna Francese Gass came to the United States as a young child and grew up eating her motherA?sA‚ Italian cooking. But when this professional cook realized sheA‚ did not knowA‚ how to make her familyA?s beloved meatballsA?a recipe that existed only in her motherA?s memoryA?Anna embarked on a project to record and preserve her motherA?s recipes for generations to come. In addition to her recipes, AnnaA?s mother shared stories from herA‚ life in Italy that her daughter had never heard before,A‚ fascinating tales that whetted AnnaA?s appetite to learn more. So, Anna began reaching out to her friends whose mothers were also immigrants,A‚ and soon she wasA‚ cooking with dozens of women who were eager to share their unique memories and the foods of their homelands.In Heirloom Kitchen, Anna brings together the stories and dishes of forty strong, exceptional women, all immigrants to the United States, whose heirloom recipes have helped shape the landscape of American food. Organized by region, the 100 tantalizing recipes include: MagdaA?s Pork Adobo from the PhillippinesShariA?s Fesenjoon, a walnut and pomegranate stew, from IranTinaA?s dumplings from Northern ChinaAnnaA?s motherA?sA‚ meatballs from Southern ItalyIn addition to the dishes, these women share their recollections of coming to AmericaA?stories of hardship and happinessA?that illuminate the power of food, and how cooking became a comfort and a respite in a new land for these women, as well as a tether to their native cultural identities.Accented with 175 photogra