Biography: Gennaro Contaldo's warmth, Italian spirit and sense of fun have led him to be one of the UK's most-loved chefs. In an age marked by excessive convenience and mounting concerns about disposable food waste, Gennaro’s Cucina emerges as a timely beacon.

Ben Guterson makes excellent use of his trademark ability to create puzzles and conjure clues in this innovative tale that pits clever and intrepid preteens against dark forces, dodgy family secrets and dastardly adults.In this inspirational cookbook, Gennaro takes you on a culinary journey of regional basic Italian staples and turns them into beautiful meals. Along with the majority of post-war Italian families, the young Gennaro was raised on a diet harvested on a limited budget. Constrained choices compelled them to appreciate what they had, cook with love, and employ imaginative preservation techniques such as salting, drying, and curing to stretch simple ingredients into satisfying meals. As a result, it meant that his family had to learn to value what they had and make meals using accessible and affordable ingredients.

Cucina povera’ is the food that traditionally fed the poor of Italy yet remains the basis of most Italian dishes we love to eat today. Encouraging an ethos of zero waste, Gennaro's Cucina ensures that every part of the ingredient, and your budget, is put to good culinary use. Gennaro is currently involved in the Jamie Oliver restaurant chain, Jamie’s Italian, where he creates dishes and trains chefs nationwide and abroad. Tips for stretching recipes into multiple meals add to the waste-not, want-not ethos; leftovers of the lentil soup (“simple one pot cooking at its best”), for example, can be bolstered with the addition of pasta.

This simple but highly nutritious dish originates from rural Puglia where two main ingredients – fava beans and wild chicory – are widely available. In an era of excessive convenience and disposable food waste, Gennaro’s Cucina could not come at a better time – you will learn how to use simple ingredients in inventive ways, eat seasonally, spend less and, ultimately, eat better. He is a favourite on Saturday Kitchen, has his own YouTube food channel, and is an ambassador for Citalia, Parmigiano Reggiano and Birra Moretti. Gennaro’s Cucina: Hearty Money-Saving Meals From an Italian Kitchen by Gennaro Contaldo focuses on cucina povera , the traditional cooking of rural Italy, where seasonality and a “waste not want not” lifestyle deliciously intersect.

Discover the art of transforming basic ingredients into inventive culinary creations, embracing a seasonal approach, and optimizing your budget for a richer dining experience.With tips and ideas of what to do with leftover, Gennaro’s Cucina squeezes the most from the ‘cucina povera’ ethos’, ensuring that every part of the ingredient, and your budget, is put to good culinary use. Gennaro's Cucina : Hardback : HarperCollins Publishers : 9781911682608 : 1911682601 : 02 Feb 2023 : In an era of excessive convenience and disposable food waste, Gennaro's Cucina could not come at a better time - you will learn how to use simple ingredients in inventive ways, eat seasonally, spend less and, ultimately, eat better. With tips and ideas of what to do with leftovers, Gennaro helps home cooks squeeze maximum use from the ‘cucina povera’ ethos, turning humble ingredients into nourishing feasts without taste sacrifice. He is a favourite on Saturday Kitchen, has his own YouTube food channel, and is an ambassador for Citalia, Parmigiano Reggiano and Birra Moretti. Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook).