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Cooking with Nonna: A Year of Italian Holidays: 130 Classic Holiday Recipes from Italian Grandmothers Hardcover – November 6, 2018
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!
- Print length264 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherRace Point Publishing
- Publication dateNovember 6, 2018
- Dimensions8.75 x 1 x 11 inches
- ISBN-101631065203
- ISBN-13978-1631065200
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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
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.
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.
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.
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
- Best Sellers Rank: #250,482 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #123 in Pasta & Noodle Cooking
- #195 in Holiday Cooking (Books)
- #299 in Italian Cooking, Food & Wine
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About the author

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
"...in Rosella's cookbooks are the sweet little extras that make her cookbooks so unique...." Read more
"...first book has traditional recipes and the new one has classical Italian holiday recipes. This book was very well put together...." Read more
Customers like the book's appearance. They find the photos colorful and mouth-watering, and the layout nice for display. The recipes are perfect.
"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..." Read more
"...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." Read more
"...This book was very well put together. It has nice colorful photos (that look mouth watering) and easy to read instructions...." Read more
"This book is beautiful in so many ways! The layout, the photos, the stories about the Nonnas and the recipes!!!!!!..." Read more
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.
"...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...." Read more
"...The layout, the photos, the stories about the Nonnas and the recipes!!!!!!..." Read more
"Authentic recipes and so much Deja vu in this book. Loved it" Read more
"...Every recipe brings a smile to my face. The beautiful stories each Nonna shares makes me long for the days when I would cook with my Nonna...." Read more
Customers find the book easy to use. They appreciate the clear photos and instructions, and the simple recipes.
"...It's a genuine compilation of Italian American recipes in an easy to follow and highly organized cookbook...." Read more
"...It has nice colorful photos (that look mouth watering) and easy to read instructions. Looking for a recipe was easy...." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2019Cooking 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!
- Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2024I 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.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2018Cooking 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
- Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2024Love reciepes
- Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2018I 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!
- Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2024Am enjoying this cookbook.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2018This 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!!!
- Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2018I 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.
Top reviews from other countries
- Robert MarrelloReviewed in Canada on July 10, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Calling all cooks
With so many wonderful dishes in this book, easy to read and illustrated details can make anyone a fabulous cook
- Bucks BuyerReviewed in the United Kingdom on February 8, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous
Love the seasonal holiday recipes
- Lena UrsinoReviewed in Australia on December 23, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent value for money
Some very good recipes. Have already made some of them. Will be using for Christmas
- Rita PotReviewed in Canada on October 9, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Cookbook for the Holidays
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
- EllieReviewed in the United Kingdom on April 20, 2019
3.0 out of 5 stars Recipes pictures
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 !