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Cooking with Nonna: A Year of Italian Holidays: 130 Classic Holiday Recipes from Italian Grandmothers Hardcover – November 6, 2018

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Learn to cook traditional Italian food for every holiday of the year with Rossella Rago and her Italian nonna in Cooking with Nonna: A Year of Italian Holidays.

They’re back! Rossella Rago and her adorable Nonna Romana have returned with
Cooking with Nonna: A Year of Italian Holidays, a traditional cookbook no Italian kitchen should be without. This Italian cookbook is a culinary treasury, jam-packed with over 125 classic holiday recipes for Italian-food lovers, including classic holiday recipes like Struffoli, Christmas Fish, Manicotti, Cannelloni, Cannoli Cheesecake, and more.

With advice from nonnas all over the country, this unique book covers holiday classics from
every region of Italy, from Milan to Sicily, and includes holiday memories from the nonnas themselves. The nonnas also give their personal tips on cooking for a crowd (and it’s always a crowd). And, of course, no new Cooking with Nonna cookbook would be complete without Rossella’s signature dishes and unique voice

Rosella and her nonnas will have you enjoying
Italian culinary delights around the year. In addition to the major holidays of Christmas, Easter, and Thanksgiving, you will find recipes for New Year’s Eve and Day, the Epiphany, Little Easter, St. Joseph’s Day, Carnevale, All Souls Day, Valentine’s Day, Women’s Day, Mother’s Day, and Saint Rocco’s Feast. To complete you year-round Italian tasting tour, recipes for weddings and other celebrations are included.

Nothing
brings family together like delicious food around the holidays, and Cooking with Nonna: A Year of Italian Holidays has everything you need to keep your family full and happy every holiday of the year. Bring the dishes and the memories you grew up with to a whole new generation of Italian Americans!
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Learn to cook traditional Italian food for every holiday of the year!

Introduction

“Why does everyone always come over to our house?” I asked my Nonna Romana as I painstakingly ironed her embroidered napkins with perfect creases for the celebration the next day. “Because, Rossella, we keep the family together.” She said in her Italian Nonna voice, which served to remind me that she does, in fact, know everything.

Her words made me think of how in every Italian family there is always that one house that hosts more holidays than everyone else. No matter what distances or circumstances separate people throughout the year, all it takes is one phone call from Nonna to bring everyone back to that holiday table where memories are made.

“We eat, we drink, and we reminisce, but most importantly, we love!”

  • Holiday memories and advice from nonnas all over the country
  • Personal tips on cooking for a crowd
  • 125 classic holiday recipes for Italian-food lovers
  • Holiday classics from every region of Italy
  • Rossella's signature dishes and unique voice

About the Author

Rossella Rago is the host of the popular web TV series Cooking with Nonna. For each episode of the show, Rossella invites an Italian-American nonna to cook with her and share traditional Italian recipes and fond memories of her childhood in Italy.

Contents

  • New Year’s Eve and Day
  • Valentine’s Day
  • Carnevale
  • Good Friday
  • Easter Day and Little Easter
  • Thanksgiving
  • Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
  • Saint Days and Celebrations

Recipes from Cooking with Nonna: A Year of Italian Holidays: 130 Classic Holiday Recipes from Italian Grandmothers

NONNA ROMANA SCIDDURLO’S LAMB WITH POTATOES

Nonna Romana Sciddurlo’s Lamb With Potatoes

Tiel la di Agnello e Patate

Prep Time: 15 Minutes • Cook Time: 1 Hour 15 Minutes • Yield: 4 To 6 Servings

If you’re entertaining a big group for Easter (yes, I know this is an Italian holiday cookbook and the idea of entertaining anything but a big group is silly), and you want to make an easy but impressive entrée, then look no further than this dish, which is prepared in the true Pugliese fashion with super-simple ingredients that won’t compete with the flavor of the lamb.

BACCALÀ PIENonna Carmela D’angelo’s Baccalà Pie

Nonna Carmela D’angelo’s Baccalà Pie

Crostata d i Baccalà

Prep Time: 20 Minutes* • Cook Time: 40 Minutes • Yield: 6 To 8 Servings *requires 1 To 3 Days Of Soaking

Once regarded as a fish for the poor, baccalà, or salt cod, is making a comeback on the food scene. Nonna Carmela’s baccalà pie uses the traditional Pugliese dough and has a filling that is the perfect blend of sweet and savory. Her grandchildren have taken on the tradition of making these pies every year for Easter.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH LASAGNA

Nonna Maria Pesce’s Butternut Squash Lasagna

Lasagne di Zucca

Prep Time: 35 Minutes • Cook Time: 1 Hour 40 Minutes • Yield: 6 Servings

Italian-Americans can’t seem to celebrate Thanksgiving without a pasta course preceding the turkey. You know, just in case a twelve-pound (5.4 kg) turkey with all the trimmings isn’t enough food. Lasagne or some other kind of pasta al forno is a classic choice.

MUSSELS IN RED SAUCE

Nonna Rosa Carmelo’s Mussels In Red Sauce

Zuppa di Cozze con Pomodoro

Prep Time: 10 Minutes • Cook Time: 20 Minutes • Yield: 6 Servings *requires 1 To 3 Days Of Soaking

Mussels were always plentiful and inexpensive in southern Italy, especially in Puglia, where my family has roots. Back in Italy, my Zia Rosa would have classically prepared these in bianco, in a simple white wine sauce. She learned to make them in this delightfully spicy red sauce from a Neapolitan neighbor in Brooklyn.

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About the Author

Rossella Rago is the host of the popular web TV series Cooking with Nonna (www.cookingwithnonna.com). For each episode of the show, Rossella invites an Italian-American nonna to cook with her and share traditional Italian recipes and fond memories of her childhood in Italy. Rossella, a graduate of St. John’s University, has traveled the country and performed cooking demonstrations in numerous cities across the United States with local nonne as her partners.

Rossella spent her childhood in the kitchen with her maternal Nonna Romana, learning the long legacy of recipes from Puglia passed down through the generations. Launching 
Cooking with Nonna TV has allowed Rossella to expand her culinary expertise to much of the rest of Italy too. Rossella, together with her mother and her Nonna Romana, won the “Italiano Battle” episode of the Food Network's 24 Hour Restaurant Battle in 2010. She is the author of Cooking with Nonna and Cooking with Nonna: A Year of Italian Holidays (Race Point Publishing, 2017 and 2018). Rossella lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Race Point Publishing; Illustrated edition (November 6, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 264 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1631065203
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1631065200
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.82 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.75 x 1 x 11 inches
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Rossella Rago is the host of the popular web cooking show Cooking With Nonna (www.cookingwithnonna.com). On the show, Rossella invites an Italian-American nonna to cook with her, sharing traditional Italian recipes and fond memories of childhoods in Italy. Rossella has traveled the country and performed cooking demonstrations in many cities across the United States with local nonne as her partners.

In 2010, Rossella, together with her mother and her Nonna Romana, participated in the "Italiano Battle" episode of the Food Network's 24 Hour Restaurant Battle; Team Nonna won.

Rossella spent her childhood in the kitchen with her maternal Nonna Romana, learning the long legacy of recipes from Puglia passed down through the generations for centuries. Launching Cooking with Nonna has allowed Rossella to expand her culinary expertise to much of the rest of Italy.

In March 2017, Rossella will publish her first cookbook: Cooking with Nonna: Celebrate Food and Family with Over 100 Classic Recipes from Italian Grandmothers.

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Customers find the recipes in the cookbook authentic and delicious. They appreciate the beautiful photos and colorful design that make it nice for display. The stories bring back memories of growing up in an Italian home. The instructions are easy to understand and the ingredients are straightforward to purchase.

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Customers enjoy the authentic Italian recipes in the book. They find the photos and instructions clear, making it easy to prepare delicious meals with love. The book covers traditional Italian holiday favorites and some new ones.

"...to the sweet Rossella succeeds in putting together a superb collection of holiday recipes from various regions of Italy...." Read more

"...that it covers a whole year of Italian Holidays and why we cook certain foods on each holiday. It’s a beautiful book, and the pictures are great...." Read more

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Customers enjoy the book's stories and photos. They find the stories touching and evoke memories of growing up in an Italian home. The authentic recipes and old-time favorites are appreciated.

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These are real recipes from real people and the story’s are beautiful
I loved everything in this cook book!! They are authentic and if some of you don’t have your Nonni around they fill in the pieces to missing recipes !! Thank you Rosella ❤️❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2019
    Cooking with Nonna means cooking with love. From the gorgeous layout to the clearly depicted recipes this book is a sure way to impress guests during the holidays. It's a genuine compilation of Italian American recipes in an easy to follow and highly organized cookbook. Reading the side stories pulls at your heart strings and you find yourself talking to each nonna as you re-create the recipes in your own home. You dont have to be Italian to buy this book, you just have to have a love for quality, authentic Italian cooking. If you enjoy cooking you know there's a special place in your heart for recipes which have been passed down through generations. We all hold within us a love for these recipes which have not only withstood time but have appealed to a wide range of palettes over the years. From the savory to the sweet Rossella succeeds in putting together a superb collection of holiday recipes from various regions of Italy. The book is strategically divided into sections by holiday. Each recipe captures a holiday tradition and keeps it alive in an ever changing world. Any Italian American grandma would smile and reminisce flipping through this book. Above all this book guarantees a dining room of full and happy bellies!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2024
    I love this cookbook! I love that it covers a whole year of Italian Holidays and why we cook certain foods on each holiday. It’s a beautiful book, and the pictures are great. I’ve gifted this book to at least 3 people and they love it too.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2018
    Cooking with Nonna cookbooks gets an A++! Rosella Rago has published the capo dei capi of Italian cuisine cookbooks! The most authentic cookbooks ever! The recipes that fill the pages of these cookbooks are more than just a 'how-to' prepare a delicious Italian meal. Rosella Rago adds traditions and memories from not only her family but from the nonnas that contributed recipes to the cookbook. A very nice tribute to these fine ladies! For me, reading the recipes and the stories brought me on a trip down memory lane. It was wonderful to reminisce about being a child in each of my grandmothers' kitchens--thank you, Rosella! The stories included in Rosella's cookbooks are the sweet little extras that make her cookbooks so unique. You can feel the love jumping off the pages as you read through the recipes and stories. I recommend the purchase of this cookbook! I know that once you buy it, you'll want to purchase the first one -- 'Cooking with Nonna'. I must add that I found the Cooking with Nonna website while searching the web years ago for an arancini (rice balls) recipe. I signed up for the website and since then I receive multiple recipe ideas from Rosella every day on Facebook. I have been hooked ever since! I can't wait to see the next cookbook! Much success to you! ~ Theresa Tedesco Kuilan
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  • Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2024
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  • Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2018
    I love this cookbook! I ordered two of them, one for me and one for my niece. I also bought two of their first cookbooks. Cooking With Nonna brings back many childhood memories, growing up with my own nonna. There are a lot of foods that I grew up eating, yet never got a chance to get the recipes for. Each one of these books is a little different. I am happy to own both!! The first book has traditional recipes and the new one has classical Italian holiday recipes. This book was very well put together. It has nice colorful photos (that look mouth watering) and easy to read instructions. Looking for a recipe was easy. I simply looked for them in chronological order by holiday, occasion, or saints day and BAM! I’ve already bookmarked a few dishes that will be added to my table this Christmas!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2024
    Am enjoying this cookbook.
  • Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2018
    This book is beautiful in so many ways! The layout, the photos, the stories about the Nonnas and the recipes!!!!!! There are so many wonderful recipes for dishes that I ate when my grandma was around, dishes that I know/enjoy and so many dishes that are new to me that I cannot wait to try! Thank you, Rossella for putting together such a great book! I cannot wait to get cooking! I cannot imagine that you could put together a book that is even more fabulous than your last book; which is phenomenal. The fact that you included a recipe for my absolute favorite confection, Torrone di Mandorla, makes me so happy! I feel like the spirit of my Grandma will be with me in the kitchen. My holidays will now be even merrier!!! Brava, Rossella!!!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2018
    I was extremely excited to order this book; because I already own the original Cooking with Nonna cookbook. I've been following Rossella (and her beautiful Nonna Romana) on her culinary journey for many years now. She is such a joy to watch, and her Italian Nonne "Grandmothers" inspire us all to get in the kitchen and prepare meals with love. This Holidays cookbook has something for everyone. When you flip through the pages, it's normal to say, "Oh, I remember this...let's make these for the next holiday." Rossella's books bring us all together. It's for everyone that enjoys cooking, or just reading the different stories on each Nonna. Looking at the photos and the accompanying recipes, which includes background on the Nonne's life is also why I love Rossella's books. Grazie tanto.....for the smiles and the memories.
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  • Robert Marrello
    5.0 out of 5 stars Calling all cooks
    Reviewed in Canada on July 10, 2024
    With so many wonderful dishes in this book, easy to read and illustrated details can make anyone a fabulous cook
  • Bucks Buyer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 8, 2020
    Love the seasonal holiday recipes
  • Lena Ursino
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent value for money
    Reviewed in Australia on December 23, 2022
    Some very good recipes. Have already made some of them. Will be using for Christmas
  • Rita Pot
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Cookbook for the Holidays
    Reviewed in Canada on October 9, 2020
    I absolutely love this collection of recipes for the holidays. Reminds me of my childhood growing up. Most recipes I have from my mom as she always wrote them down, but it is nice to see other Nonna's versions of them. This is a must have cookbook
  • Ellie
    3.0 out of 5 stars Recipes pictures
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 20, 2019
    I was looking forward to receiving this book ... but hugely disappointed in the few pics attached to recipes ... The presentation and recipes included are well written & explained , but hugely disappointed with not having a picture with each recipe , otherwise a good book !