SILVER SPOON

THE SILVER SPOON IS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND SUCCESSFUL COOKBOOK IN ITALY. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1950, IT BECAME AN INSTANT CLASSIC, SELLING OVER ONE MILLION COPIES IN EIGHT EDITIONS. CONSIDERED TO BE ESSENTIAL IN EVERY HOUSEHOLD, IT IS STILL ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR WEDDING PRESENTS TODAY. THE SILVER SPOON WAS CONCEIVED AND PUBLISHED BY DOMUS, THE DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURAL MAGAZINE FAMOUSLY DIRECTED BY GIO PONTI FROM THE 1920S TO THE 1970S. A GROUP OF COOKING EXPERTS WAS COMMISSIONED TO COLLECT HUNDREDS OF TRADITIONAL ITALIAN RECIPES AND MAKE THEM AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME TO A WIDER AUDIENCE. IN THE PROCESS, THEY UPDATED INGREDIENTS, QUANTITIES AND METHODS TO SUIT CONTEMPORARY TASTES AND CUSTOMS, AT THE SAME TIME PRESERVING THE MEMORY OF ANCIENT RECIPES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THEY ALSO INCLUDED MODERN RECIPES FROM SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS ITALIAN CHEFS, RESULTING IN A STYLE OF COOKING THAT APPEALS TO THE GOURMET AS WELL AS THE OCCASIONAL COOK A COMPREHENSIVE AND LIVELY BOOK, ITS S