The Silver Spoon

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Big and bountiful, it’s a welcoming jumble of recipes... And by the looks of it, it may give cookbooks by American celebrity chefs a run for their money."— The New York Times Magazine Find sources: "Silver spoon"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( December 2008) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) This is a bible for serious Italian chefs, but it's accessible for beginners, too.' – Forbes Online Dot with the remaining butter and allow to melt into the sauce, then serve with the gremolata and risotto alla milanese or wet polenta.

Set a casserole dish wide enough to hold the meat in one layer over a high heat, and add the oil. Put the flour on to a small plate and season generously, then use to coat the meat. When the oil is hot, add the meat to the pan and brown well on both sides until golden and crusted. Set aside on a plate. There's plenty to say about Italian food but very little that hasn't been explored in this vast tome. In essence it defines the ineffable conviviality that gives Italian fare its pizzazz." — MonocleThe term gold spoon is much less commonly used, but finds occasional use, such as the 1840 American Gold Spoon Oration criticizing then-president Martin Van Buren for his supposedly luxurious lifestyle. In some languages, like Swedish and Finnish, the common expression is gold spoon rather than silver spoon, although both can be used.

Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2010-08-02 19:13:31 Boxid IA119013 Boxid_2 BL11203T Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Curatenote shipped DonorGeorgian silver spoons Two silver-gilt strainer spoons and a cignus spoon decorated with a mythical marine creature. (4th century AD Roman spoons from the Hoxne Hoard.) Although Hugh Grosvenor has two older sisters: Lady Tamara van Cutsem and Lady Edwina Grosvenor, he inherited the title and bulk of the fortune through the rule of primogeniture, which puts male children ahead of female siblings irrespective of age. The primogeniture law for the British monarchy was abolished in 2013 before the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s first child, Prince George. It's not so much one more Italian cookbook as the one-volume encyclopedia of Italian home cookery. Lavish illustrations, a helpful glossary of cooking terms and a translation geared to the intelligent layout make The Silver Spoon both pleasant browsing and an accessible manual in the kitchen.' - Wall Street Journal Grosvenor owns more than 300 acres of some of London’s most illustrious properties in Mayfair and Belgravia, including most of Eaton Square, pictured. Photograph: RichardBaker/Alamy

You can cook anything. If you have some leftover broccoli, the Silver Spoon will tell you what to do with them. (And I can probably guess: it'll be - boil them in salt water, fry in olive oil for a bit, and put some damn delicious cheese nearby. ECCOCI QUA!) Big and bountiful, it's a welcoming jumble of recipes... And by the looks of it, it may give cookbooks by American celebrity chefs a run for their money."— The New York Times Magazine The Silver Spoonwas conceived and first published by Domus, the design and architectural magazine famously directed by Giò Ponti from the 1920s to the 70s. A select group of cooking experts was commissioned to collect hundreds of traditional Italian recipes and make them available for the first time to a wider modern audience. In the process, they updated ingredients, quantities and methods to suit contemporary tastes and customs, at the same time preserving the memory of ancient recipes for future generations. They furthermore included modern recipes from some of the most famous Italian chefs, resulting in a style of cooking that appeals to the gourmet chef and the amateur enthusiast alike. This is a bible for serious Italian chefs, but it's accessible for beginners, too. If ever you're at a loss for what Italian dish to cook, have this book at the ready for endless inspiration."— Forbes OnlineIn summary: Apart from the fact that it kept me reading for almost two hours right after I opened the box, although I just wanted to skim across it for a first impression, it’s already cluttered with countless Post-Its – recipes I have lined up to try soon. Being the most comprehensive collection of down to earth Italian recipes, it doesn’t surprise, that it’s oftentimes compared to milestones like “Joy of Cooking”. Last but not least, it’s long history of being a definitive book in any Italian kitchen, makes you feel to have found the origins of the Italian cuisine. Key to success here is not simply following the trend “Italian Food”, like so many other uncountable publications do, but the fact that the country itself, for more than half a century, uses the book as a benchmark for its wonderful and worldwide praised cuisine. However, the bulk of the fortune is actually the result of an exceedingly fortuitous marriage in 1677 when Sir Thomas Grosvenor wed 12-year-old Mary Davies, the heiress of a City of London scrivener. Her dowry included 500 acres of boggy swampland and meadows to the west of what was then the boundary of London. My cognitions about pasta machines are: (A) I had to have one – even if I knew up-front, I would not use it more than once a year. (B) If this rare occasion of making home-made pasta does take place, it takes longer to find it than actually working the dough with it…the pasta machine usually ends up hiding in some box between extra light bulbs and screws and what not – that’s where I found it this time.