The Harry's Bar Cookbook: Recipes and Reminiscences from the World-Famous Venice Bar and Restaurant

A delectable collection of nearly 200 recipes from the legendary restaurant Harrys Bar There is only one Harrys Bar. Located on Venices Calle Vallaresso, near the Piazza San Marco, this restaurant has been the meeting place for artists, writers, royalty, maestros, divas, celebrities, the very rich, and lots of ordinarybut very wiseAmericans and Europeans for over five decades. In The Harrys Bar Cookbook, Arrigo Cipriani shares his favorite stories about Harrys Barand reveals treasured recipes for the restaurants most popular dishes. Harrys Bar, above all, is a bar, whose distinctive mixed drinks were created by its founder, Arrigos father Giuseppe Cipriani. Youll find careful instructions for making the world-famous Belinithe frosty, frothy combination of rose-colored peach elixir and Proseccoand the secret of making the Montgomery, named by Ernest Hemingway himself, which is the driest, most delicious martini in the world. Harrys Bar is famous for its mouth-watering, overstuffed, unique sandwiches, but the restaurants risottos and dozens of pasta dishesincluding ravioli, cannelloni, and taglioliniare the house specialties. The Harrys Bar Cookbook presents recipes for these world-renowned dishes and also includes chapters on meats, vegetables, soups, sauces, desserts, and more. Opinionated and full of surprises, Arrigo reveals the secrets of his kitchen and bar accompanied by lavish, full-color photographs that make the feast a visual one as well. The Harrys Bar Cookbook is much more than a cookbook: its an enduring experience to be savored and enjoyed.