Il Talismano della Felicita
- Year
- 1929
- Era
- 20th century
- Origin
- Italy · Europe
- Language
- Italian
- Category
- Italian/Spanish
Il Talismano della Felicità, compiled by Ada Boni and first issued in 1929, established itself as the definitive Italian household cookery manual of the twentieth century. Drawing together regional traditions within a single comprehensive volume, the work offered middle-class kitchens a reliable repertoire spanning antipasti to dolci. Reprinted and expanded across many editions, it became a fixture of domestic libraries and a foundational reference for modern Italian gastronomy.
Cooking from this book
Abbacchio alla Romana
Signature dishA tender preparation of young milk-fed lamb in the Roman style, slowly cooked with rosemary, garlic, white wine and a whisper of anchovy. The dish has become emblematic of Ada Boni's masterwork because she was, at heart, a Roman cook, and her great compendium gave the bourgeois kitchens of newly unified Italy a polished national repertoire while never losing sight of the capital's most beloved trattoria classics.
An editorial note on a dish associated with this book, written for The Coquinist. It is not a reproduction of the book's recipe.
