Italian Cookies

<B>This definitive Italian cookie cookbook has 100 authentic recipes, including baking hints and techniques, plus regional stories and a list of Italian bakeries.</B><BR><BR><i>Italian Cookies: Authentic Recipes and Sweet Stories by Region</i> is a beautiful, comprehensive guided tour of Italy’s regions by cookies and cookie stories. With recipes steeped in history and tradition, the book capitalizes on two major continuing food trends: our love of everything cookies and our love of everything Italian.<BR> <BR>From Lombardi’s super-soft Amaretti de Gallarate to Tuscany’s crunchy twice-baked Cantucci; Abruzzo’s rustic Pizzelle to Sardina’s fennel-scented Anisetti, the reader will discover cookies for every taste and occasion. Directed to the home cook, the book?will also include recipes for sweet essentials including candied citrus, <i>amarene </i>(sour cherries preserved in syrup), pastry cream, homemade almond (and hazelnut and pistachio) paste, and?<i>pasta frolla</i>—the buttery pastry that forms the foundation of many Italian cookies. Sections on ingredients, equipment, and basic techniques make this book accessible to all.