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The Italian-American Kitchen

30 recipes: Italian-American home cooking: dinners, soups, sides, breakfasts and desserts. One recipe per page, with Half, Standard and Double quantity columns and the quantities repeated inside each step. US letter, laid out to print.

One payment, nothing renews. The download link arrives by email and on the next page.

The Italian-American Kitchen cover

Contents

What is inside

30 recipes selected automatically from the Textual Chef recipe index. Chosen from the Italian-American recipes on the site, one version per dish, spread across courses so no single course fills the book. The list is fixed once published, so a later site update never reshuffles a book someone already bought; corrections to the recipe text do reach the file.

30 recipes, median total time 35 minutes, prep included. All 30 are Italian-American, grouped by course. Each one is also free to read on the site; the links below open them.

Breakfast

  1. 01Bacon and Spinach Breakfast Frittata40 min, serves 6
  2. 02Baked Eggs in Tomato Sauce30 min, serves 4

Small plates

  1. 03Antipasto Skewers15 min, serves 6
  2. 04Baked Clams Casino40 min, serves 4

Soups

  1. 05Acini di Pepe Soup40 min, serves 4
  2. 06Broccoli Rabe and Sausage Soup35 min, serves 4
  3. 07Escarole and Beans25 min, serves 4
  4. 08Italian Beef and Barley Soup80 min, serves 6

Salads

  1. 09Chicken Caesar Salad15 min, serves 2
  2. 10Escarole Salad15 min, serves 4

Lunch

  1. 11Chicken Cutlet Sandwich35 min, serves 4
  2. 12Chopped Italian Grinder Sandwich20 min, serves 4

Dinners

  1. 13Air Fryer Chicken Parmesan45 min, serves 4
  2. 14Baked Cheese Manicotti60 min, serves 6
  3. 15Baked Ziti55 min, serves 8
  4. 16Chicken Alfredo40 min, serves 4
  5. 17Chicken Cacciatore65 min, serves 4
  6. 18Chicken Marsala40 min, serves 4
  7. 19Chicken Piccata35 min, serves 4
  8. 20Classic Baked Meatballs50 min, serves 4
  9. 21Classic Lasagna95 min, serves 8
  10. 22Classic Stromboli45 min, serves 4
  11. 23Creamy Lemon Garlic Pasta30 min, serves 4
  12. 24Creamy Tuscan Garlic Shrimp25 min, serves 4

Sides

  1. 25Air Fryer Garlic Parmesan Zucchini Chips27 min, serves 4
  2. 26Broccoli Parmesan30 min, serves 4
  3. 27Broccoli Rabe with Garlic and Oil20 min, serves 4

Desserts

  1. 28Lemon Ice20 min, serves 4
  2. 29No-Cook Tiramisu30 min, serves 8
  3. 30Rainbow Cookies57 min, serves 24

Sample page

A page from the book

Recipe 01, as printed. The Standard column is the recipe as written.

Sample page: Bacon and Spinach Breakfast Frittata

Before you buy

Plain answers

Are these recipes free on the site? Yes, in full, no account. You can read every Italian-American recipe on the site right now. The $5 buys the selection, the print layout and a file you keep offline.

What format is it? One PDF, US letter, no DRM, no app. Read it on a tablet or print the pages you are cooking from.

What is in the PDF? A cover, a page on how to use the book, the contents, then one page per recipe (30 in all) with Half, Standard and Double quantity columns and numbered steps. No photographs.

How is it delivered? Pay by card through Stripe. The download link appears on the next page and arrives by email; the same link serves corrected editions. Problems with the file or the payment: hello@textualchef.com.

Does it have ads? No. The PDF has no ads, no tracking and no sign-up inside it.

Is this the subscription? No. The book is a one-time $5 purchase. The subscription is the kitchen tools in the app (timers, planner, shopping list), at $3.99 a week or $63.99 a year.