The Italian Cook Book

Practical recipes of the Italian cuisine, compiled for American kitchens in 1919 — every dish carrying its Italian name, from Brodo to Zabaione.

This site is the complete 1919 book The Italian Cook Book: The Art of Eating Well, page by page as originally printed — period spelling, remedies and opinions included. About this edition →

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Soups

10 recipes

Pasta and Rice

16 recipes

Eggs and Omelets

8 recipes

Chicken and Game

18 recipes

Sauces and Meats

35 recipes

Vegetables

26 recipes

Fish and Shellfish

10 recipes

Roasts and Second Courses

55 recipes

Pastry and Sweets

27 recipes

Syrups and Ices

17 recipes

The Book

1 recipe

Highlights

Apricot Marmalade

(Conserva di albicocche) Use good and ripe apricots. It is a mistake to believe that jam or marmalade can be obtained with any…

Macaroni a La Corinna

(Maccheroni alla Corinna) Put on the fire a pot with two quarts of salted water to which add a small piece of butter. When it…

Roast of Lamb

(Arrosto d'agnello) Take a leg of lamb and season it with salt, pepper, oil and a drop of vinegar. Pierce it here and there with…

Orgeat

(Orzata) Sweet almonds with 10 or 12 bitter ones, seven ounces. Skin the almonds and grind them very fine, or better pound them…

Fried Egg-Plants

(Melanzane fritte) Egg-plant or, as they are also called, mad-apples are an excellent vegetable which may be used as dressing or…

String Beans in Mold

(Sformato di fagiolini) Take one pound of string beans, seeing that they are quite tender. Cut off the ends and remove the…

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