The Italian-minded cookbook that could change how you cook

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If you have read even a smidge about Italian cooking, you have encountered the adage that Italian food is all about simplicity. Defining simplicity, though, is not always simple. Marco Canora's " Salt to Taste: The Keys to Confident, Delicious Cooking ," published in 2009, traces the ways simplicity materializes in Italian-inspired cooking.

Successful simplicity demands either minimal or standout ingredients and also precise cooking technique and resourcefulness. Canora, the chef-owner of New York City's Hearth restaurant and also the arguable progenitor of the bone broth craze thanks to his brothy endeavor Brodo, shows you how these are end