Cicciotti's Kitchent: Italian Family Favorites Cookbook

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“This is what Cicciotti’s Kitchen is all about: sharing some delicious dishes — Italian classics, restaurant favorites and new creations — and showing you how easy they are to make. It’s using the fresh, simple staples that I grew up with: fish, cheese, pasta, olive oil, tomato, onion and basil. You’ll find all of these ingredients in the recipes throughout this book.”

Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA, September 19, 2009 - It is with great excitement that Chefs Press presents CICCIOTTI’S KITCHEN: Italian Family Favorites — Quick, Easy, and Delicious, a new cookbook by chef and restaurateur Gaetano Cicciotti (July 2009, jacketed hardcover, full color, 96 pages, $25). For seven years now, Cicciotti (pronounced CHEE-chotti) has owned and operated the very successful and popular Cicciotti’s Trattoria Italiana & Seafood in Cardiff, California.

CICCIOTTI’S KITCHEN features more than 40 delicious, quick and easy-to-make Italian recipes, many learned and inspired by his childhood spent in the Naples, Italy kitchens of his Grandmother and Mother, including Spaghetti alla Carbonara, Trenette al Pesto con Pinoli (Fettuccine with Pesto and Pine Nuts), Asparagi alla Zingara (Asparagus Bundles with Prosciutto), Rigatoni con Melanzane e Salsicca (Rigatoni with Eggplant and Sausage), Farfalle alla Boscaiola (Bowtie Pasta with Ham and Peas) and Scampi alla Livornese (Shrimp with Capers and Olives).

About Cicciotti's Trattoria Italiana & Seafood
Gaetano Cicciotti serves authentic Italian food in San Diego (http://www.cicciottis.com/); some say the Best in Italian Food in North San Diego County. He has been voted the best Italian restaurant in San Diego County for Italian food. Cicciotti's is casual Italian dining cooked by a Published Author & Chef Gaetano Cicciotti. Cicciotti's Trattoria serves classic Italian pasta like fettuccine Alfredo which you might find in Italian restaurants, but you won't find Italian restaurants that cook fresh Italian food the way Gaetano Cicciotti does. As a native Italian Chef he serves true Italian cuisine, Italian dinners and traditional Italian food. He serves Italian lunches on his Italian menu in his Italian Restaurant. Gataeno's Italian Restaurant is in North County. If you want a pure wood fired brick oven pizza restaurant, a very romantic restaurant among romantic restaurants in San Diego County, then this Italian Food spectacle is just the place for you.

About Chef's Press
Chefs Press (http://www.chefspress.com/) is a niche publisher of restaurant and celebrity chef cookbooks, as well as professional photography of food, beverage and restaurants.

For more information about CICCIOTTI’S KITCHEN or to schedule an interview with Mr. Cicciotti, please contact Amy Stirnkorb, Publisher, Chefs Press by email at Amy@chefspress.com or by phone at 619.276.8411.