Ciao Tuscany Recipes from the PBS Series Cucina Toscana			«Back
	Johnny Carrabba and Damian Mandola Photography by Watt Matthews Casey, Jr. and Foreword by Paolo Villaresi Hard Cover 9" x 10", 192 pages 150 color photographs / 150 recipes Food & Wine / Non-Fiction 978-1-931721-42-4 October 2004 $29.95 Quantity: Gift Tie: YesNo
". . . praises Tuscany's rustic culinary pleasures." "Delicacies abound!" — School Library Journal "In their third cookbook, Ciao Tuscany, Johnny and Damian serve up their culinary heritage with a pinch of pure Texas fun." — Central Market Food, Summer 2004
" … [B]eing in the food business—which is basically making people happy with food—is what our family has always been about." — Grace Mandola, mother of Damian, grandmother of Johnny—still cooking, living and laughing at age 88— is the chefs' "Amazing Grace." "Arriving at one of the authors' family-owned restaurants in Houston, I was immediately struck by their warm embraces, hearty laughter and lively conversation—not just to me—but towards every guest who walked through the door. I was hooked. At Carrabba's I found the Italian gusto for food, family and life deep in the heart of Texas. This, I thought, is what passion is all about." — Chris T. Sullivan, Founder & CEO of Outback Steakhouse, Inc. The hosts of the PBS cooking show Cucina Sicilia! return with a colorful volume of hearty fare of Tuscan derivation. From antipasti to dolci, DAMIAN MANDOLA and his nephew, JOHNNY CARRABBA, offer intensely flavored dishes from that fabled west-central Italian region crowned by Florence. With their large family, the two chefs launched the original Carrabba's Italian Grill in Houston, still their home. Today, these two Sicilian boys from Texas captivate a nationwide television audience and host friends through 167 Carrabba's restaurants across the United States.