Awards

• Winner of Gourmand Award for Best Italian Cuisine Book (Australian Category) 2009 (Australia)

Overview

Freshness, simplicity, generosity, imagination. Thirty years ago, the only thing Australians knew about Italian food was spaghetti bolognese. Now, we order the most adventurous dishes with perfect pronunciation. Italian food is the most accessible, generous and participatory cooking style in the world. Even an absolute beginner can produce meals that are satisfying and impressive. And cooking creates conversation around the table. In Buon Ricordo, Armando Percuoco removes the mystique from restaurant food, to make you feel as comfortable in your kitchen as he feels in the kitchen of Buon Ricordo. He shows you how to cook great Italian food in many different ways, and teaches you how different techniques can bring out different qualities in them. Buon appetito e buon ricordo.

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Armando Percuoco was born in Naples, part of a family of cooks and waiters, and started his restaurant training at the age of 14. He came to Australia in 1972 and, with his family, opened Pulcinella restaurant, named after the mischievous Neapolitan of classic comedy, in 1979. It soon became the favourite eatery of Sydney's lawyers, politicians, journalists, actors and criminals. In 1987 he brought his audience with him to a more polished establishment, Buon Ricordo, which has received multiple awards as Australia's top Italian restaurant. Armando's previous books, co-authored with David Dale, are The Secrets of Pulcinella and La Cucina Italiana. David Dale is a xenophiliac. In books and columns, he analyses fads, foods, media, culture, the power of places and the peculiarities of people. His books include The Obsessive Traveller, or Why I Don't Steal Towels from Great Hotels Any More; Who We Are: A Snapshot of Australia Today; The 100 Things Everyone Needs to Know about Italy, and Soffritto: A Delicious Ligurian Memoir.

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