Semplice: Real Italian Food: Ingredients & Recipes - Dino Joannides

Hardback.  Near new condition.  2014

Dino Joannides is a consummate food fanatic and bon Viveur.  With an Italian mother and half Greek half Corsican father he spent his first years in Italy before moving to the UK.  Over the last 30 odd years he has traveled and eaten all over Italy in people's homes, simple trattorias and the finest restaurants.  Dino believes that good quality ingredients, in small quantities, are what make a perfect meal.

Whilst growing up, he had fascinating gastronomic encounters with producers, chefs, cooks and fellow epicureans and he has a unique network of contacts and over 30 years of food related knowledge and experience.

If you've ever bought olive oil in a supermarket and wondered about the difference between cold-pressed and not cold-pressed, or ever bought dried pasta, and wondered if it would be difficult or worthwhile to make your own, then this book is for you.  Dino will let you in on the secrets that make Culatello di Zibello the best possible cured meat, and will show you that it is worth seeking out pecorino Romano for your pasta carbonara.