Simple Italian Cookery: Aldo Zilli (E)

Fantastic basic cookbook for everyday cooking . Keep it simple start with the basics and build on it . Great wee gem of a book

Recipes were very easy to follow and were delicious. Not pretentious like some cook books. Loved the menus at the end. Great explanation of what Italian Food is all about.

Lovely recipe book - Aldo’s favourite recipes. The recipes & ingredients look fairly straightforward - and tasty! Looking forward to trying some of the recipes.

A lovely cook book full of colour photos and clear, easy to follow recipes. Also good general advice on buying and cooking Italian food in Britain from a native Italian.

Wonderful simple food but tasty recipes

I was disapointed with this book, as it did not give the simple recipes like lasagne and sauces.For a beginner you need to know how to cook them.As I had purchased one for a person who does not cook much, I felt let down.

Very good book, enjoyable reading

I bought this on the back of Simple French Cookery and it has all the strengths of the "Simple ..." format - sophisticated yet straightforward recipes with lots of step-by-step pictures to follow, logical and helpful structure, suggested menus, a consistency of style and not so many recipes that you end up not knowing where to start.As with Simple French, not only have I tried most of recipes in the book, a number have become regular favourites both for family dinners and entertaining.So why only 4 stars and not 5 ? Well, I have a few minor quibbles:- Some of the recipes feel a bit too similar to each other.- The quantities (e.g. for dressings) are not always spot-on and leave you with excess unused leftovers.- I refuse on principle to give 5 stars to something that purports to be serious cookbook, yet recommends using mayonnaise from a jar (it's not that difficult to make fresh !) and stockcubes (these have no place in any enthusastic amateur chef's repertoire).- Aldo himself comes across as a bit of a smug celebrity chef rather than someone with a real passion for food.However, these are merely niggles and should not put you off buying this book. I thoroughly recommend it - just make sure you buy Simple French Cookery first.