Italian Baking Secrets

Italian Baking Secrets is Father Orsinis sixth cookbook, and once again the reader gets not only wonderful recipes from the great tasting cuisine of Italy, but the retired priests entertaining comments. Father Orsini knows how to make good food great, and his directions come with the bonus of his wide knowledge.The book begins with what to most of us is an amazing story: how the use of grain developed as long ago asor possibly even prior tothe Neolithic period. Orsini tells us about the grains that were raisedand eatenmore than eight thousand years ago. Through charming and fascinating anecdotes, he lets us see the way bread has evolved, from flat loaves baked on hot stones to the myriad breads that have evolved in Italy alonemaking our mouths water to hear about them.But dont let the authors charming storytelling keep you from his recipes; if you do, you will miss some delicious and easytomake dishes you might otherwise never tasteand once tasted, you will want to make them again and again.