The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion & Cooking Manual

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Commendation Quotes: "This time-capsule-worthy cookbook is destined to become a lifestyle mantra for the cooking community and the rest of the country." --Mario Batali Commendation Quotes: "Radical comfort food" --"Food & Wine" Commendation Quotes: "All...

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Commendation Quotes:
"This time-capsule-worthy cookbook is destined to become a lifestyle mantra for the cooking community and the rest of the country." --Mario Batali


Commendation Quotes:
"Radical comfort food" --"Food & Wine"


Commendation Quotes:
"All the little old Sicilian ladies in the neighborhood must be seething with jealousy and plotting revenge. Frank Castronovo and Frank Falcinelli make the best meatballs, braciola, and eggplant marinara around." --"New York Magazine"


Commendation Quotes:
"Here is an address you won't want to miss: a place where the food rivals the best and is prepared with great spirit and creative energy....Frankies Spuntino is a tribute to our profession." --Paul Bocuse


Commendation Quotes:
"I like the Frankies' French toast and I love their sausage cavatelli. But when I met them, I realized the Franks love their food even more than I do. There is a simplicity about their recipes--the kind of food that was made a hundred years ago. And the Franks have big hundred-year-old beards too." --Spike Jonze


Commendation Quotes:
"If any two chefs can be said to have captured the spirit of our times--big flavor, unfussy yet inspired ideas, perfect technique, and an insanely cool family vibe--it is the Franks. I have cooked my way through these recipes. They taste great and they work." --Peter Kaminsky


Table of Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- About These Recipes & This Cooking -- 1. Equipment & Pantry -- 2. Antipasto -- 3. Sandwiches & Soups -- 4. Salads -- 5. Pasta -- 6. Meats & Other Main Courses -- 7. Sunday Sauce -- 8. Desserts -- Appendices -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- The Frankies Crest.

Biographical Note:
Frank Castronovo trained with such culinary superstars as Jacques Pépin and France's Paul Bocuse. In 2003, he opened Frankies 457 Spuntino with childhood friend Frank Falcinelli. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.


Frank Falcinelli has worked in Michelin two-star restaurants in France, with chefs Charlie Palmer and David Burke in New York, and was a partner and chef in the New York hot spot Moomba. He lives in Brooklyn with his French bulldog, Frankies mascot Merlin.

Peter Meehan is a food writer and former New York Times restaurant columnist. His most recent book is Momofuku, co-authored with the chef David Chang.



Review Quotes:
"The ingredient lists are short, the recipes are simple, flavorful, and easy to follow."
--New York Times

"This witty guide showcases the 'radically simple' cooking philosophy of the chef-owners of Brooklyn's Frankies Spuntino. It presents pared-down Italian food full of flavor, not pretense."
-Bon Appétit

"Everything I made from the book . . . was surprisingly easy and just as delicious as what I've eaten at the restaurants."
-New York Times Book Review

"A cookbook that's as useful as it is artfully conceived."
-GQ

"The team behind the popular Brooklyn eatery divulges light Italian secrets in this beautiful tome worthy of any bookshelf."
-Entertainment Weekly

"When we're craving the comforts of red sauce classics, the Frankie's cookbook is full of reliable recipes guaranteed to keep us satiated."
--Time Out New York

"The book is a perfect reflection of the Franks' philosophy of making the past the hippest part of the present."
-Food Wine

"This quirky, lovely, intelligent cookbook is worth reading from cover to cover than starting over again."
-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Unfussy ingredients . . . surprisingly sophisticated."
-Grub Street

Publisher Marketing:
"Everything I made from the book . . . was surprisingly easy and just as delicious as what I've eaten at the restaurants." --New York Times Book Review

From Brooklyn's sizzling restaurant scene, the hottest cookbook of the season...

From urban singles to families with kids, local residents to the Hollywood set, everyone flocks to Frankies Spuntino--a tin-ceilinged, brick-walled restaurant in Brooklyn's Carroll Gardens--for food that is "completely satisfying" (wrote Frank Bruni in The New York Times). The two Franks, both veterans of gourmet kitchens, created a menu filled with new classics: Italian American comfort food re-imagined with great ingredients and greenmarket sides. This witty cookbook, with its gilded edges and embossed cover, may look old-fashioned, but the recipes are just we want to eat now. The entire Frankies menu is adapted here for the home cook--from small bites including Cremini Mushroom and Truffle Oil Crostini, to such salads as Escarole with Sliced Onion & Walnuts, to hearty main dishes including homemade Cavatelli with Hot Sausage & Browned Butter. With shortcuts and insider tricks gleaned from years in gourmet kitchens, easy tutorials on making fresh pasta or tying braciola, and an amusing discourse on Brooklyn-style Sunday "sauce" (ragu), The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion & Kitchen Manual will seduce both experienced home cooks and a younger audience that is newer to the kitchen.

Review Citations:

  • New York Times Book Review 06/06/2010 pg. 19 (EAN 9781579654153, Hardcover)
  • Publishers Weekly 07/05/2010 pg. 39 (EAN 9781579654153, Hardcover)
  • Men's Journal 08/01/2010 pg. 20 (EAN 9781579654153, Hardcover)
  • Entertainment Weekly 12/17/2010 pg. 81 (EAN 9781579654153, Hardcover)
  • Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/08/2010 pg. 30 (EAN 9781579654153, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:Castronovo, Frank
Frank Castronovo trained with such culinary superstars as Jacques Pépin and France's Paul Bocuse. In 2003, he opened Frankies 457 Spuntino with childhood friend Frank Falcinelli. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.



Contributor Bio:Falcinelli, Frank
Frank Falcinelli has worked in Michelin two-star restaurants in France, with chefs Charlie Palmer and David Burke in New York, and was a partner and chef in the New York hot spot Moomba. He lives in Brooklyn with his French bulldog, Frankies mascot Merlin.


Contributor Bio:Meehan, Peter
Peter Meehan is a food writer and former New York Times restaurant columnist. His most recent book is Momofuku, co-authored with the chef David Chang.




Author: Castronovo, Frank
Publisher: Artisan Publishers
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: 2010-06-14
BISAC: Cooking|Regional & Cultural|Italian
Weight: 1.6 lbs
ISBN: 9781579654153
ASIN: -
SKU: SP-9781579654153