The reality is that latecomers and cancelled reservations represent an enormous cost for restaurants. The book’s design is based on the brightly coloured hand-painted ceramics from Fima Deruta that are so loved in all of Big Mamma’s restaurants. Italian restaurant group Big Mamma burst onto the London food scene earlier this year with the opening of Gloria , the 70’s Capri-style trattoria in the heart of Shoreditch. If you want a cookbook that reflects the perfect environment in which to dine with friends and family - in a stimulating and deliciously Italian atmosphere - this is it! The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal.

The book, which features 130 recipes, “was written with the intention of revealing some of the best-kept secrets of our team, our dishes, our chefs,” notes the introduction. Phaidon Press is a global publisher of books on art, architecture, design, fashion, photography, and popular culture, as well as cookbooks, children's books, and travel books. Visually stunning and fabulous fun, Big Mamma Cucina Popolare takes a multitude of Italian classics and proceeds to put a fresh, modern slant on them all. Preparation time is, in fact, anything that happens that doesn’t involve heat; cooking time the inverse. A fresh take on one of the world’s most adored cuisines – much-loved classics with creative twists for today's cooks.Founded by Victor Lugger and Tigrane Seydoux, Big Mamma serves an Italian cuisine that is contemporary, affordable, and made by a team of real Italians. Italy is full of gems, and offers an infinite field of possibilities, from its region specialties to sheer variety of its products. They also boast eight restaurants in France, including La Felicità, a 50,000 sq ft food market in Paris, and Libertino, due to open in Paris on the 6th December. Created in collaboration with one of the most exciting and successful Italian restaurant groups in the world the dishes in this vibrant and accessible book include true classics such as Risotto alla Milanese and Tiramisu while others reflect the most creative Italian food today with such intriguingly named dishes as Burrata Flower Power and Double Choco Love. A satisfyingly big book, this collection of’contemporary Italian recipes’ contains over 130 tasty dishes from the very successful Italian restaurant group.

Big Mamma's Cucina Popolare' puts a clever contemporary spin on tradition featuring more than 120 delicious, easy-to-prepare, imaginative recipes.Italian restaurant group Big Mamma, owned by ubiquitous Victor Lugger and Tigrane Seydoux, have proudly launched a new cookbook ‘Big Mamma Cucina Popolare’ – out now. This is what we enjoy - to shake up famous classic dishes and create exceptional tasting experiences, mixing conviviality and pleasure. Anyone who has enjoyed these restaurants’ hospitality will love this guide to how Big Mamma does it. Yet you wouldn’t have been able to discover just how Mamma got quite so big and beautiful, until the publication of Big Mamma Cucina Popolare.

Zuppa di pomodoro; pizz’n’roll (rolled pizza with fontina cheese); melanzane in carrozza (aubergine fritters with provolone cheese and tomato confit); carpaccio Sorrentino (beef carpaccio with courgettes and almonds); pasta e ceci con gamberi (pasta with chickpeas and prawns); big lasagna; the incredible lemon pie.Mauvaise surprise à l'ouverture du manuel, première utilisation, déchirure immédiate de la reliure intérieure de la couverture principale de mauvaise qualité, pas assez bien assemblée et résistante ! And when in season, the Pizza Yolo, which has figs, nuts and mozzarella on it - it's the one that won our pizza chef the modern Neapolitan pizza award. To determine the full amount of time it will take to cook something, you can’t simply at the times, because, with something like chocolate mousse, you can bake the hazelnut topping while the mousse chills.

And in contrast with recent successful restaurant cookbooks ( The Quality Chop House; St John), the recipes don’t translate well to a domestic kitchen.In February 2019, they opened their first London restaurant, Gloria in Shoreditch, and shortly after in June 2019 they opened Circolo Popolare in Fitzrovia.