The humour in this treasure of a cookbook with those witty references to the show are pure gold.

Cute for people who follow The Soranos, but many of the recipes involve more effort than I'm willing to put into making pasta.

Although THE SOPRANOS was a fictional TV show, and "Artie Bucco" a fictional restaurateur, this gathering of Italian and Neapolitan recipes is the real deal. Its 200 pages include such classics as veal cutlet, osso buco, orange and fennel salad, bracioli (meat rolls), Eggs in Purgatory, and "gravy" (the kind of red sauce that takes all day to make). Mostly the book is entirely on the level, with occasional forays into humor, such as when family matriarch Livia Soprano sets the kitchen on fire trying to make her fried mushrooms. Recipes are solid and color photography sumptuous.

I didn't care about the "Sopranos", but as I was glancing through this book 2 recipes caught my eye; Ricotta Pineapple Pie, Stuffed Quail... and as I perused the pages there were a few more to my liking; Risotto w/ Truffles & Champagne, most All of the desserts, & Minestra (Escarole w/ Mini Meatballs).

Many of the dishes presented are easy to make......

I wish I had someone to cook for...I miss that!

It's cute, but the recipes are so-so in my opinion.

I can't remember why I bough this book, I'm not a Soprano fan but the recipes are good even though I don't follow recipes when I cook.

I picked this up from the dollar store, I hadn’t watched the Soprano’s before but I know Italians love their food and big family dinners. So I figured what’s not to like here. Is it a bit cheesy, perhaps. But if you buy into franchises like Disney (like I have) then a themed cookbook sounds entertaining. Recipes are laid out nicely and the character interviews help you grasp a feel of the values within the family (fictional as it may be) it’s the first cookbook I’ve picked up though and thought from just looking at the pictures I want to cook that recipe and set out a big nice table (the meals you want to sit up the fancy dining table and not just eat in the kitchen).
Anyways I’m attempting to cook this week from it, so will perhaps update review. I watched my first episode recently, kind of bummed I didn’t pay more attention to this on its first time around it’s a cool show.