Simply Tuscan - Pino Luongo

This collection of exquisite recipes is from renowned restaurateur Pino Luongo who presents Tuscan food for living the good life. With over 130 desirable dishes, the authentic taste and spirit of Tuscany exudes on every page, through the beautifully-crafted recipes, the sensation of local fresh ingredients and photographs that reveal the life and colour of the region. Divided into dishes from each season, the particular ingredients that make food at that time of year so special are celebrated - including truffles in the Fall or chestnuts in the Winter - while the true flavour of the traditional Tuscan cuisine is revealed throughout, in fresh combinations of flavours and ingredients which make this collection so unique, such as Fusilli Salad with Swordfish and Grapefruit or Ricotta and Thyme Tortelloni with Fava Bean Sauce. Welcome the Spring with Artichoke, Romaine and Pea Soup: delight in the summer sun while enjoying Lobster and Cannellini Beans in Guazzetto; enjoy the Autumn with a warming Goat Cheese Ravioli with Lamb Sauce: and comfort yourself in the Winter with Oven-baked Leg of Pork Glazed with Chestnut Honey.;There are also menus for quintessential Tuscan dishes to celebrate the special occasions that mark each time of year, such as an Easter Lunch or a Summer Night Seafood Extravaganza. The collection of recipes in Simply Tuscan is presented through a visual feast of images that compliment them, through distinctive food photography and charasmatic pictures of the landscape and people that live there, as well as a rustic design incorporating evocative illustrations. In Pino's words, this sumptuous collection of menus will 'convert you to Tuscanism...once you get a taste for it, there's no turning back.' And this beautifully designed, lavishly illustrated, deliciously tempting book of recipes is certain to do just that.