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I have cooked many of her delicious recipes, but my favorite is still the first one I cooked back in the 70's, the lemon Roast Chicken.

Her onion & butter tomato sauce and the pea, bacon and ricotta sauce for pasta.

I think it will be pork in milk in the future. Now I just have to dig out the cookbook, find the recipe, buy the ingredients...

The tomato sauce!

I'd be lying if I didn't say it was her simple Spaghetti Carbonara.

Tomato sauce with onions and butter...
I'd LOVE to have this book!

Chickpea foccacia from Marcella Cucina

From her Essentials cookbook I love and frequently use the basics - the pasta, risottos, crespelle (oh so good instead of pasta for canneloni!), gnocchi, and polenta recipes. I couldn't pick an absolute favorite. There are so many recipes from her book that we love - and it's so much fun to recreate food memories for my husband who spent time in Italy while in the Service.

I love her no nonsense style - and the beautiful simplicity of so many of her recipes shine in the incredible flavors. It's a well read book, with lots of pages with book marks!

The bolognese pork roasted in milk - so tasty and tender

"Nadia's morning coffee cake with winter fruits" from Marcella Cucina.

bolognese sauce

My mom used to make this wonderful potato salad from Marcella Cucina (I think that was the name of the book). It had no mayo, just oil and vinegar as the dressing. It was just delectable. I don't own the book but I remember the salad very well.

I read the book before I gave it to her as a gift. I have her first book and love it but don't have a favorite recipe from it.