Rao's classics : more than 140 Italian favorites from the legendary New York restaurant
(2016)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
641.5945/PELLEGRINO,F
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2016
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
xii, 272 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781250006288, 1250006287
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Includes index
Introduction -- Antipasto -- Insalata -- Soup -- Eggs -- Pizza -- Pasta -- Seafood. Shellfish ; Fish -- Meat and chicken. Veal ; Beef ; Pork ; Lamb ; Chicken -- Vegetables -- Desserts -- Afterword
At Rao's in East Harlem, it's impossible to book a table: each of the red-checked, cloth-covered tables is reserved for a titan of New York industry, a celebrity, or a major politician. Permanently. Now Pellegrino, the third generation of his family to operate the restaurant, goes deep into the history of his family, the restaurant, and America's love affair with Southern Italian cooking