- Il cucchiaio d'argento
"Il cucchiaio d'argento" ("The Silver Spoon" in English) (ISBN 8872122236, 1997 ed.) is a major Italian
cookbook , a kitchen reference work originally published in 1950 by the design and architecture magazine "Domus". It contains about 2000 recipes drawn from all over Italy, and has gone through eight editions. It is one of the most popular cookbooks in Italy, and was born from a post-World War II pricing dispute between the publishers and some of the distributors of the popular "Il talismano della felicità " by Ada Boni. Editoriale Domus still publishes the book as a single volume as well as a series of single-subject books (currently covering "Primi" (first courses), "Secondi" (entrée s), "Dolci" (dessert s), and summer dishes).Several English versions (customized for the country of sale) were published as "The Silver Spoon" by the
United Kingdom 'sPhaidon Press in 2005, then later in German, French and Dutch. They are based on the 1997 Italian edition, with a special section of recipes from prominent Italian cooks around the world. While Phaidon's original edition has been criticized by book critics for sloppy translation and awkward measurements (particularly in the US edition, which does not include metric measurements), the English editions have overall been well-received and very popular.ee also
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Italian cuisine External links
* [http://www.cucchiaio.it The website for the book in Italian -- includes an online recipe database drawn from the book]
* [http://www.phaidon.com/silverspoon The website for the English, French, and German editions]
* [http://www.dezilverenlepel.nl The website for the Dutch edition]
* [http://italianfood.about.com/od/beforeyoubuy/a/aa112505.htm A review at about.com with the history of the book]
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