Italian Farmhouse Cookbook

- Illustrations : Non - Publisher's note :A collection of recipes emphasizing fresh ingredients and simple preparation techniques includes instructions for appetizers, salads, soups, pasta dishes, meat and fish, vegetable dishes, breads, and desserts.

"The farms are almost more important than the kitchen. Loomis interviewed farmers and producers, always with a strong bias toward those who use traditional methods....But there are recipes too, and plenty that I hadn't seen before....Loomis has made the effort to tailor the recipes to include American ingredients." - Epicurious, 08/03/2000 "What I found most appealing...was the innate simplicity of most of the dishes, concentrating in true Italian style on assertive flavors and fundamental preparations." - Bon Appetit, February 2001