Editorial Review:

Anyone who has visited Carmine's flagship Times Square restaurant knows that Carmine's food is the best of classic Italian cuisine--each dish prepared simply to bring out the most vibrant flavor and make anyone who tastes it smile and reach for seconds.

Carmine's Family-Style Cookbook reveals the simple secret of Carmine's longtime success--hearty, rich Italian food, just right for sharing, and perfect for cooking at home!

Carmine's Family-Style Cookbook's perfect Italian recipes include:
--Appetizers, Soups and Salads: from Chicken Wings Scarpariello-Style to Carmine's Famous Caesar Salad
--Carmine's Heroes: from classic Cold Italian Hero sandwiches to Italian Cheesesteak Heroes
--Pasta: from Country-style Rigatoni to Pasta Marinara
--Fish and Seafood Main Courses: from Salmon Puttanesca to Shrimp Fra Diavolo
--Meat and Poultry Main Courses: from Porterhouse Steak Contadina to Veal Parmigiana
--Side Dishes: from Spinach with Garlic and Oil to Creamy Polenta
--Carmine's Desserts: from Chocolate Bread Pudding to the world-famous Titanic Ice Cream Sundae

Carmine's restaurant packs them in every night in its four bustling locations, including its warm, festive Times Square flagship where over a million people from all across the country come every year to share meatballs, chicken parmigiana, linguini with clam sauce, and fried calamari. Carmine's flavors are the tastes Americans love to cook and eat at home--fresh garlic, bubbling tomato sauce, and pasta boiled just to the perfect al dente. Try any of the recipes in Carmine's Family-Style Cookbook and bring home that classic Italian flavor to your family.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Love it!:

I purchased this cookbook as a gift for my husband. He loves Italian cooking and I love to encourage his efforts in the kitchen...He's made the Porterhouse Steak Contadina and the Pasta with broccoli, sausage, and tomatoes. Both of these recipes were full of flavor and appealed to the whole family (even the kids!) Can't wait for him to pick another recipe to try.

Love the restaurant so bought the cookbook!:

My daughter and I ate at Carmines on a trip to NYC in August, 2008. The food was exquisite and plentiful. When I heard an interview with the owner on the "Today Show" (I think), I knew I just had to buy the book for myself and my 25 year old daughter! I highly recommend both the restaurant and the recipes in this cookbook!

Amazing Italian Resumes:

Carmine's Family Style Restaurant(s) in New York City is one of my favorite places to eat when I'm in New York. The food is wonderful and the family style servings can serve a large table or a few ravenous diners. The cookbook shares so many of their delicious recipes and the instructions are presented so easily that even a novice cook could navigate through the pages and come up with a dinner the whole family can enjoy. I highly recommend this book to anyone but especially those who love really authentic... more info

A must have Cookbook!:

If you have ever eaten at Carmines and dream about their food you have got to have this book. I have already tried several recipes and they come out exactly like they do at Carmines. Of course there is no substitution for the enjoyment you get of actually dining at Carmines but this is as close as you will get to being there.

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