The Cook's Decameron

A novel with two hundred Italian recipes inside it: ten friends dine together for ten days, argue about food and cooks and country, and each day's talk ends in the day's menu.

The Cook's

6 pages in this part of The Cook's Decameron.

The Cook's

Beat a piece of rump steak, or fillet to make it tender; sprinkle it well with salt and some chopped herbs, and leave it for an hour; then…

The Cook's: Ingredients

No. 79. Manzo in Insalata (Marinated Beef) Ingredients: Beef, oil, salt, pepper, vinegar, parsley, capers, mushrooms, olives, vegetables.

The Cook's: Tendons

No. 82. Tenerumi alla Piemontese (Tendons of Veal) Ingredients: Tendons of veal, fowl forcemeat, truffles, risotto (No. 190), a cock's…

The Cook's: Marsala

No. 86. Frittura Piccata al Marsala (Fillet of Veal) Ingredients: Veal, butter, Marsala, stock, lemon, bacon.

The Cook's: Parmesan

No. 88. Coste di Vitello Imboracciate (Ribs of Veal) Ingredients: Ribs of veal, butter, eggs, Parmesan, bread crumbs, parsley.

The Cook's: Agnello

No. 92. Tenerumi d' Agnello alla Villeroy (Tendons of Lamb) Ingredients: Tendons of lamb, eggs, bread crumbs, truffles, butter, stock…

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