Ciao y'all is a beautifully illustrated cookbook featuring over 150 recipes from Damian Mandola's and Johnny Carrabba’s savory repertoire of Italian cuisine from the heart of Texas! Italian cooking influenced by Louisiana Cajun and Creole cuisines, the wealth of Gulf seafood, American Southern cooking culture and festive Mexican specialties. |
Ciao Sicily, with its compelling photographs, features over 150 recipes from Damian and Johnny’s repertoire of beloved Sicilian dishes with American influence stirred in. |
The hosts of the PBS cooking show Cucina Sicilia! return with a colorful volume of hearty fare of Tuscan derivation. From antipasti to dolci, Damian Mandola and his nephew, Johnny Carrabba, offer intensely flavored dishes from that fabled west-central Italian region crowned by Florence. |
The Mandolas bring decades of culinary experience to their latest adventure - Mandola's Italian Market. Damian's 31 years of experience started with "Damian's Fine Italian Food" - a restaurant he started as a college senior in 1975. Trina's 18 years began in high school, working for the famous Swinging Door Bar-B-Que in her hometown of Richmond, Texas.
Damian's experience took him from his first restaurant to becoming a fixture in the Houston restaurant scene, first with D'Amico's, then Damian's Cucina Italiana, then to the national scene with Carrabba's - a restaurant he founded with nephew Johnny Carrabba.
Trina's culinary and event-planning skills were honed at some of Houston's most prestigious restaurants. A love of interacting with her customers also flourished during those years. |
