Rao’s Cookbook – Over 100 Years of Italian Home Cooking (Frank Pellegrino)

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Most of us know Rao’s from their bottled pasta sauce. But the origin goes back to 1896, when a saloon at 114th at Pleasant Avenue in Upper Manhattan became a 10-seat restaurant, Rao’s. 130+ years later it’s still there, and still family owned. And still serving you southern Italian food – if you can get a reservation. But, if New York, Miami nor Las Vegas are in your plans, dig into this 1998, first edition, cookbook. From hints on cooking beans, to Aunt Anna’s Marinara Sauce, to risotto, to sweets, this book is filled with honest, straight-forward southern Italian food waiting for you to try it. The goal at the restaurant is not so much for a guest to leave full, but to leave fulfilled. Frak Pellegrino, Anna’s nephew, had the same goal here.