"Everything I made from the book . . . was surprisingly easy and just
as delicious as what I've eaten at the restaurants." --New York Times
Book Review
From Brooklyn's sizzling restaurant scene, the hottest cookbook of the
season...
From urban singles to families with kids, local residents to the
Hollywood set, everyone flocks to Frankies Spuntino--a tin-ceilinged,
brick-walled restaurant in Brooklyn's Carroll Gardens--for food that is
"completely satisfying" (wrote Frank Bruni in The New York Times). The
two Franks, both veterans of gourmet kitchens, created a menu filled
with new classics: Italian American comfort food re-imagined with great
ingredients and greenmarket sides. This witty cookbook, with its gilded
edges and embossed cover, may look old-fashioned, but the recipes are
just we want to eat now. The entire Frankies menu is adapted here for
the home cook--from small bites including Cremini Mushroom and Truffle
Oil Crostini, to such salads as Escarole with Sliced Onion & Walnuts, to
hearty main dishes including homemade Cavatelli with Hot Sausage &
Browned Butter. With shortcuts and insider tricks gleaned from years in
gourmet kitchens, easy tutorials on making fresh pasta or tying
braciola, and an amusing discourse on Brooklyn-style Sunday "sauce"
(ragu), The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion & Kitchen Manual will
seduce both experienced home cooks and a younger audience that is newer
to the kitchen.
