La Dolce Vita Cookbook by David Rocco


La Dolce Vita Cookbook
Title : La Dolce Vita Cookbook
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ISBN : 155468028X
ISBN-10 : 9781554680283
Format Type : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 367
Publication : First published October 24, 2008

After four seasons as host of the hit TV series David Rocco’s Dolce Vita , David Rocco has become one of Canada’s most popular celebrity cooks. His show is aired on Food Network Canada, in Italian on TLN television and in French in Quebec via TVA. Chosen as one of Flare magazine’s 20 most stylish Canadians, David is celebrated beyond our borders; his show airs in 100 countries. As a proud Italian Canadian, David says his love of food, cooking and preparing meals for friends and family is part of his DNA: “I’m not a chef, I’m Italian!” This gorgeous cookbook is full of everything that makes David’s TV show such a favourite: beautiful food photography and locales, and, of course, David’s sense of dolce vita, the sweet life. It’s all about taking a relaxed approach to the everyday, and the foundation of this lifestyle is simple, elegant food. David emphasizes the philosophy of quanto basta, or “just enough,” and encourages readers to cook to their own tastes. Here is great food, simply and lovingly created.

La Dolce Vita Cookbook Reviews

  • Carly Dudley

    The perfect cookbook for authentic simple recipes and straight up travel porn. I wish I could stowaway in David and Nina's suitcases and then when they found me, they wouldn't be mad, but somehow just accepted it and fed me all the noods.

  • Victoria

    David Rocco focuses on simple Italian dishes made with seasonal and local produce, high-quality oils, and fresh herbs. He repeatedly asks readers to throw out their dried herbs! It has an attractive, colorful layout with full-page photographs of dishes and Rocco and his family (and sometimes Rocco cooking without pants on). Most recipes are printed in white text against a dark-colored background; for the most part the readibility is good, but some pages might make you squint a bit. His recipe instructions are written in more of a story-telling fashion than your usual regimented "Step 1, Step 2, Step 3..." style. My favorite part is the chapter devoted entirely to recipes you can make from leftovers or things out of the pantry. It's a cookbook after my own heart.

  • Kimberly

    Bucatini All'amatriciana.......a-mazing! best pasta I've ever tasted.

  • Pieter Verwey



    My all-time favourite cook book. So much to love. Just get it.

  • Linda Seltenright

    Love, love, love