Lemons & Oregano

Cooking on TV with The Silver Spoon Cookbook

I had the honor of presenting 3 recipes from The Silver Spoon in just 5 minutes, live on national TV for the launch of the book.  Known as “Italy’s Joy of Cooking,” The Silver Spoon has quickly become one of America’s favorite classic cookbooks (the book has sold more than 1⁄2 million copies and is a top seller on Amazon’s gastronomy list). The original Il Cucchiaio d’Argento was first published in Italy in 1950, an is an important piece of Italian culinary history.  Please see my website:  Soulofsicily.com for recipes and links to articles about the book. Click here to visit my page on youtube (I will be posting more videos soon!)

Renée's Amazon Bookshop

A question I am asked all the time is:  "Renée, what are your favorite cookbooks?" Most of my favorites are  published in Italian, but there are some excellent books on authentic Italian regional food, written by American based authors too. My favorite cookbook authors are Carol Field, Mary Taylor Simeti and the late Anne Bianchi (who wrote about Tuscany and other regions of Italy).  If you have never heard of these authors, then please visit My Amazon Shop to learn about their books and read reviews I've written.

Those who are dreaming of or planning a trip to Sicily often ask me what books they should read.  Others who know I am fluent in Italian, ask me how I learned and what books I'd recommend to help them.

Travel guidebooks and Italian language books I love most are reviewed at Renée's Little Italian Bookshop.  You can help support this blog by using that link to purchase books and music. Note that this link is different from simply visiting Amazon's site, because if you use the link to my shop Amazon gives me 5% commission on any sales.  Please bookmark the link, and use it anytime you shop for books online. There is no extra work for you, but it will help me.