Jasper's Kitchen Cookbook: Italian Recipes and Memories from Kansas City's Legendary Restaurant

by Jasper J. Mirabile

Overview

A recipe collection from an award-winning midwestern Italian restaurant, featuring meals from the chef’s family kitchen and personal recollections.

For fifty-five years, Jasper's has been a Kansas City staple, a tradition, and a beloved family-run institution. Now fans can get the Jasper's taste at home with more than 100 classic and contemporary Italian recipes in Jasper's Kitchen Cookbook: Italian Recipes and Memories from Kansas City's Legendary Restaurant.

Jasper Mirabile, Jr., chef and owner, offers his secrets to cooking all the favorites. From appetizers like Artichoke Bambolinis, to soups and salads such as Asparagus Soup with Crispy Prosciutto and Sicilian Olive Salad, and from entrees like Truffled Macaroni and Cheese and Osso Buco Milanese, to desserts like Tartufo and Espresso and Chocolate Torte, Jasper's Kitchen Cookbook fills home kitchens with rich, delicious Italian flavors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780740790423
Publisher:	Andrews McMeel Publishing
Publication date:	05/24/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	180
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Jasper J. Mirabile, Jr., is a professional chef and culinary instructor. He has made guest appearances at the James Beard House in New York. He and his cooking have been featured in "USA Today," the "New York Times, Cucina," and "Midwest Living." Jasper is the chairman of Slow Food Kansas City and a national board member of the American Institute of Wine and Food. Jasper hosts a weekly radio show in Kansas City and has a weekly TV segment on the local NBC affiliate. He also sells a successful line of Italian sausage, dressings, and pasta sauces. Kansas City, Missouri, is his home.

Editorial Reviews

"One of America's top Italian restaurants" is the praise traveling food critic Calvin Trillin bestows on Kansas City's famed Jasper's eatery. For 55 years, midwesterners and well-informed visitors have been flocking to this popular dining spot. Second-generation restaurant owner and chef Jasper Mirabile Jr. now takes the legendary restaurant national with a cookbook that adapts its most popular recipes to the needs of home cooks. Jasper's regulars will find many of the restaurant's signature menu items represented here, including Truffled Macaroni and Cheese, Osso Buco Alla Vecchi a Gaspari, Asparagus Soup with Crispy Prosciutto, and Chocolate Torte. A regional secret no more.