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FRED STORY
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Ada Boni: “Il talismano della felicità” - Edizioni della rivista Preziosa
Julia Child, Simone Beck, and Louisette Bertholle: “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” - Alfred A. Knopf
Marcella Hazan: “Amarcord” - Gotham Books
Marcella Hazan: “The Classic Italian Cook Book” - Harper’s Magazine Press
Marcella Hazan: “The Classic Italian Cook Book,” “More Classic Italian Cooking,” “Marcella’s Italian Kitchen,” “Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking” - Alfred A. Knopf
Marcella Hazan: "Eating Alone," from "Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant"
edited by Jenni Ferrari-Adler - Riverhead Books
Marcella Hazan: “Marcella Cucina” - HarperCollins
Victor Hazan: “Italian Wine” - Alfred A. Knopf
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Metropolitan Home: “The Food Lover’s Guide to Marcella”
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Nabucco, Act III: "Va, pensiero" (Prisoners' Chorus)
Rigoletto, Act IV: "Un di, se ben rammentomi"
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