For fans of The Sopranos —Delicious homestyle Italian recipes and memories from the hit HBO classic series. "A wonderful cookbook . . . simple, well done, and easy to make . . . this book deserves its own Emmy!" —Frank Pellegrino, co-owner Rao's Restaurant and author of Rao's Cookbook Nuovo Vesuvio. The "family" restaurant, redefined. Home to the finest in Napolitan' cuisine and Essex County's best kept secret. Now Artie Bucco, la cucina's master chef and your personal host, invites you to a special feast . . .with a little help from his friends. From arancini to zabaglione, from baccala to Quail Sinatra-style, Artie Bucco and his guests, the Sopranos and their associates, offer food lovers one hundred Avellinese-style recipes and valuable preparation tips. But that's not all! Artie also brings you a cornucopia of precious Sopranos artifacts that includes photos from the old country; the first Bucco's Vesuvio's menu from 1926; AJ's school essay on "Why I Like Food"; Bobby Bacala's style tips for big eaters, and much, much more. So, share the big table with: Tony Soprano, waste management executive: "Most people soak a bagful of discount briquettes with lighter fluid and cook a pork chop until it's shoe leather and think they're Wolfgang Puck." Enjoy his tender Grilled Sausages sizzling with fennel or cheese. Warning: Piercing the skin is a fire hazard. Corrado "Junior" Soprano, Tony's uncle: "Mama always cooked. No one died of too much cholesterol or some such crap." Savor his Pasta Fazool, a toothsome marriage of cannellini beans and ditalini pasta, or Giambott', a grand-operatic vegetable medley. Carmela Soprano, Tony's wife: "If someone were sick, my inclination would be to send over a pastina and ricotta. It's healing food." Try her Baked Ziti, sinfully enriched with three cheeses, and her earthy 'Shcarole with Garlic. Peter Paul "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri, associate of Tony Soprano: "I have heard that Eskimos have fifty words for snow. We have five hundred words for food." Sink your teeth into his Eggs in Purgatory-eight eggs, bubbling tomato sauce, and an experience that's pure heaven. As Artie says, "Enjoy, with a thousand meals and a thousand laughs. Buon' appetito!"

本書は単なる料理本を超え、伝説的ドラマの魂を「食」という言語で解体した第一級の文芸的資料です。アヴェリーノ地方の伝統レシピを通じ、暴力と隣り合わせにある家族の愛憎や、イタリア系移民としての矜持が鮮烈に描き出されています。文字から立ち上る湯気は、トニーたちの強欲と孤独を浮き彫りにする文学的なメタファーなのです。 映像版で「沈黙」や「儀式」の象徴だった料理が、本書ではキャラクターの独白や秘蔵資料によって血肉化されます。テキストならではの緻密な心理描写が映像の余白を見事に埋め、読者の食卓をドラマの舞台へと変貌させる。視覚と味覚が交差するこの圧倒的なシナジーこそ、作品世界を骨の髄まで味わい尽くすための鍵となるでしょう。