Cooking with My Sisters

A bible of the beloved Italian recipes Adriana Trigiani and her family grew up with, Cooking with My Sisters is peppered with hilarious family anecdotes taken from the Trigiani's lively, homey kitchen, where folks gathered around the table for good food, good conversation, and the occasional eruption--like a near fistfight once over a sponge cake. As Trigiani states, When the Trigianis reach out and touch someone, we do it with food. And yet, Grandma Yolanda Trigiani wrote her recipes in codes and hid them so that nobody else could use them. Adriana Trigiani's voice comes to life from the first page of Cooking with My Sisters. Mainstay meals are featured in sections such as The Big Life, which includes the chapter Pasta, or as We Called It, Maccheroni; and The Big Show, with Food We Hated as Kids but Love to Serve Now. Recipes are accessible to any cook, ranging from polenta and chicken to favorite desserts, like Grandma's Buttermilk Cake. Written with Trigiani's trademark warmth and verve, this book will appeal to anyone who values the bonds that food, community, and cultural tradition can provide.