Rao's Cookbook: Over 100 Years of Italian Home Cooking - Frank Pellegrino

Rao's, the 100-year-old restaurant located in East Harlem, is one of the most sought-after Italian eateries in all of Manhattan. Customers may not be able to get a table, but now, with this cookbook, they'll be able to prepare Rao's wonderful dishes at home. The recipes are accompanied by photos and dozens of celebrity testimonials. \nRao's, the hundred-year-old restaurant with a mere ten tables tucked in a corner of East Harlem in what was once a legendary Italian \nneighborhood, is one of the most sought-after restaurants in all of Manhattan. Its tables are booked months \nin advance by regulars who go to enjoy what The New York Times calls its exquisitely simple Italian cooking from traditional recipes, \n many as old as Rao's itself. You may not get a table at Rao's, but now with this book you can prepare the best Italian home-style food in the \n world in your own kitchen. Here for the first time are recipes for all of Rao's fabulous classics--its famous marinara sauce, seafood salad, \nroasted peppers with pine nuts and raisins, baked clams, lemon chicken, chicken scarpariello, and on and on. \nThe recipes are accompanied by photographs that re-create Rao's magic and testimonials from loyal Rao's fans-- \nfrom Woody Allen to Beverly Sills. Here too is a brief history of the restaurant by Nicholas Pileggi and a Preface by Dick Schaap. \nBoth will convince you that what you have in your hands is a national treasure, a piece of history, and a collection of the best Italian \nAmerican recipes you will ever find.