The Silver Spoon Hardcover – 24 Oct. 2011

The Silver Spoon is an absolute classic for anyone who loves authentic Italian cuisine. The book is packed with hundreds of traditional recipes, covering everything from pasta and risotto to meats, seafood, and desserts.The instructions are clear and easy to follow, making it great for both beginners and experienced cooks. The variety of dishes is incredible, and it truly captures the essence of Italian home cooking.If you’re looking for a comprehensive Italian cookbook, this is the one to get. Highly recommended!

Excellent book at a great price. Received on time.

Simply the most delightful cook book/ cooking reference book I have ever bought.

It was quite clear from the descriptions and earlier reviews that this is a real cook's book, not just a collection of pretty pictures of food with recipes and remarks from some celeb writer. It is BIG, but filled with sensibly written, well researched ways to make real Italian food.I had seen a copy of the earlier (white) edition in my local library, and promised myself, as a fairly serious amateur cook, that I would buy it as a birthday present to myself, but when the red edition appeared on Amazon at such a low price, I didn't wait. I have tried a few of the recipes, and have not been disappointed. I don't suppose I'll ever cook all of them, but what a pleasure to dip in, to find the perfect answer to the question of what's for dinner, and be able to source the ingredients (mostly) locally, follow the recipe easily, and produce something good to eat.

I love this book and use it most days. The recipes and accompanying commentaries on food are practical and pretty easy, and I’m yet to be unable to find an ingredient. There’s nothing particularly hard in a technical sense in here, the book doesn’t ask for a chef’s skills at all, although the more time you have, the more adventurous you can get. I’d recommend it to anyone looking for an Italian cookbook, or looking for a single volume cookbook that can cover all eventualities. The kids have even started using it. I love it

I wanted this book for ages and finally took the plunge. It is very well laid out and the index is either by recipe or ingredient which is useful. There is a big section on cooking terms in some cases is a translation of the Italian word. There are a lot of pictures of finished recipes which is always good. The recipe methods are very short, it is not a step by step instruction, for example on most pages there are 3 or 4 recipes. The introduction refers that this book would be accessible for the novice cook, and having looked through the non complex recipes I would agree with that. Endless vegetable, pasta, meat, everything receipes - which use very few ingredients - non of which are difficult to source and would be something you would be able to use again. Great book, good price and I am pleased that I have purchased it.

Value for money. Good info. Especially all of the butcher cut parts which show both the Italian and British cuts.

The Silver Spoon is considered the bible of Italian cooking and I can't help but agree with this. This amazing book consists of thousands of delicious recipes from the Italian tradition. The authors did a good job in translating and adapting the "bible", even if this could be improved a bit. There are some funny Italian -> English translation, and some recipes could be written with a bit more details. However, the suggestion of alternative ingredients in recipes where the original ones were not readily available outside Italy is surely a good point. Thanks to the clear structure and easy descriptions even the non-expert can prepare lovely dishes to astonish relatives and friends. I can only suggest this book!PS I would like to mention that this is a 2011 English adaptation, while the last Italian "Cucchiaio d'argento" was published in 2016.