Eat Right, Eat Well--The Italian Way (1985)

Edward Giobbi and Richard Wolff's Eat Right, Eat Well--The Italian Way is a collection of 560 tasty Italian dishes written with health in mind. Giobbi, an Italian American artist, contributes the recipes; Wolff, a cardiologist, provides the dietary advice. Nutritional information is listed following each recipe (all counts are given for the whole dish, not for some tiny and unrealistic little serving), and appendices discuss the connection between diet and heart disease, weight loss, exercise, and the like. Hardly a wheat-grass- and brown-rice-pushing health-food treatise, this book is driven by Giobbi's passion for food. Many recipes are framed by his memories of Italy and cooking with friends or by his probing analyses of ingre... full descriptiondients. At one point, he goes so far as to list, in order of preference, his eight favorite brands of pasta. The dishes are, for the most part, simple; Pasta Primavera with pine nuts, tomatoes, and arugula is typical fare. If that doesn't strike your fancy, Giobbi offers up more than 90 other pasta dishes--try Rigatoni with Shellfish and Brandy or Pasta with Mushrooms, Asparagus, and Clams. This is food you can make, quickly and in good conscience, that hasn't forgotten that eating is fun. --David Kalil (less description)

Author: Edward Giobbi

Categories: Regional & International, Special Diet, Diets & Weight Loss, Cooking, Food & Wine, Health, Mind & Body