La Cucina di Andrea's New Orleans: Recipes From One of America's Best Northern Italian Restaurants

Chef Andrea Apuzzo Proprietor, Andrea's Restaurant New Orleans' only five-star Italian Restaurant First-class Northern Italian cooking was an almost unknown commodity in the South until Chef Andrea Apuzzo came on the scene. First in Atlanta and then in his adopted home New Orleans, he set new standards of authenticity and taste. Almost from the day Andrea's Restaurant opened in suburban New Orleans, the chef's guests have been pleading for his recipes. Like everything else Chef Andrea does, this collection of his best dishes was assembled with careful attention to details and thorough testing. The 275 classic Italian recipes are written in an easy-to-use, step-by-step way. No "secrets" are held back. In words and full color pictures, Chef Andrea makes sure anything you cook from this book will taste as good as it does in Andrea's own dining room.