I didn’t know Hazan was popular in the UK. I had heard Elizabeth David and Anna del Conte had played the role Hazan did in the US introducing “real” Italian cookery to the general public.
Anyway, the book was and still is my favorite Italian cookbook in English. I don’t refer to it much these days, to be honest, but when I bought it way back when, I ate it up, so to speak. As for you, it was a revelation for me. The only Italian food I knew back then was my family’s food from Campania and Puglia. This was something entirely new and different. And her way of talking you through the recipe was captivating. (By the way, as I understand it, a good part of the credit for the quality of the prose has to go to her husband, who ghost-wrote her books, as her English wasn’t the best. The recipes, of course, were 100% hers.)
Anyway, I’m looking forward to future posts! Best of luck.
I’m thrilled you have read about my Marcellla project. I’ve been really enjoying your work too, it was your posts that took my find back to where it all started.
Did you know there is a movie doco on Marcella’s life presently on release in NYC?
I’ve seen in the last couple of days they are winning awards for the film. If you are on Instagram you can follow them. Their name is Marcellafilm. Do tell me if you find it in streaming, I don’t want to miss it.
What a fun project!
I didn’t know Hazan was popular in the UK. I had heard Elizabeth David and Anna del Conte had played the role Hazan did in the US introducing “real” Italian cookery to the general public.
Anyway, the book was and still is my favorite Italian cookbook in English. I don’t refer to it much these days, to be honest, but when I bought it way back when, I ate it up, so to speak. As for you, it was a revelation for me. The only Italian food I knew back then was my family’s food from Campania and Puglia. This was something entirely new and different. And her way of talking you through the recipe was captivating. (By the way, as I understand it, a good part of the credit for the quality of the prose has to go to her husband, who ghost-wrote her books, as her English wasn’t the best. The recipes, of course, were 100% hers.)
Anyway, I’m looking forward to future posts! Best of luck.
I’m thrilled you have read about my Marcellla project. I’ve been really enjoying your work too, it was your posts that took my find back to where it all started.
Did you know there is a movie doco on Marcella’s life presently on release in NYC?
Yes, I had read that. Anxiously waiting for it to come out on streaming.
I’ve seen in the last couple of days they are winning awards for the film. If you are on Instagram you can follow them. Their name is Marcellafilm. Do tell me if you find it in streaming, I don’t want to miss it.