Cucina Paradiso: The Heavenly Food of Sicily
by: Clifford A. Wright

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 2nd pr., 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. In Cucina Paradiso, Clifford Wright chronicles his fascinating quest for what he affectionately calls the "lost paradise" of Sicilian cuisine, the culinary heritage of the Arabs in Sicily. From his first visit there in 1983, he discovered that the sights, smells, and sounds of Sicily reverberate with an Arab feeling, an aura that is not a mirage but a story waiting to be told. Reflecting his two loves - research and cooking - he set about finding and recording this delicious legacy. Here is a cuisine of exotic ingredients - saffron, capers, golden raisins, pine nuts, orange zest, fresh anchovy - combined in a heavenly way, providing the reader with recipes that are the key to this delicious paradise. Clean copy.