(*NEW ARRIVAL*) (Baking - Italian) Franco Galli. The Il Fornaio Baking Book: Sweet and Savory Recipes from the Italian Kitchen. *Signed*

Illus. with photographs. Jacket. First Edition. San Francisco: Chronicle, 1993.

Inscribed & signed by Galli on the title page, with another inscription below. Fine.

Celebrating the Italian culinary legacy of both staunch traditionalism and irrepressible innovation, Italian-born baker Franco Galli presents over 70 classic and inventive recipes from the kitchens of the award-winning Il Fornaio bakeries, restaurants, and cafes.

From traditional and specialty breads, pizza, foccacia, and other savory dishes to a temptingly sweet selection of biscotti, cakes, and tarts, these carefully developed, easy-to-follow recipes are woven with Galli's heart warming family memories and fascinating pieces of lore into an entertaining, instructional narrative. Generously illustrated with hand-toned photographs, The Il Fornaio Baking Book is engagingly authentic and contagious in its enthusiasm for baking