Northern Italian Cooking Author:Francesco Ghedini Francesco Ghedini carries on the impressive tradition of Northern Italian cooking with an incomparable collection of recipes for sauces, soups, antipasti, pasta, rice dishes, fish, poultry, veal, beef, lamb, and pork, variety meats and sausage, vegetables, salads, and desserts. Some dishes have become classics: Pollo alla Marengo, Cotoletti di V... more »itello alla Milanese, Canneloni, and Bistecca alla Fiorentina. Other dishes, such as Sfogie in Saor (Marinated Fillet of Sole with Raisins and Pine Nuts), Cappone Arroste con le Noci (Roast Capon with Walnut Stuffing), and Antipasto Matrimonio de Mare--an appetizer of oysters and shrimp served on a bed of celery hearts with a vermouth flavored cream sauce, a true "marriage of the sea" from Veneto--have never been served in American restaurants. Francesco Ghedini relates the origins and give complete instructions for the American cook.« less